Monday, April 6, 2009

A Brief Recent History of the Abu Sayyaf

Just to augment my recent essay on Filipino Voices (Beheaded, Not Forgotten), I should like to share the following Search Result Page that may be of interest especially to reporters, archivists and researchers on this particular aspect of terrorism in the Southern Philippines: 

ABU SAYYAF 2000 TO 2008.
Viewed at this level of historical detail, the story of the Abu Sayyaf is long, involved and complex. It is worth knowing the facts of what has happened just in the first decade of the 21st Century....
03/2000
Mar 2000 - Afew years later, in March 2000, members of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group kidnapped almost 30 people in the Philippines and threatened to behead them if the sheikh and two other convicted terrorists were not released. Authorities later found two beheaded bodies ...  Show more
www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286-19268110.html

04/2000
Apr 23, 2000 - In response, the rebels, members of the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf, threatened tobehead five male hostages, including a priest, on Sunday. Last week, they said they had beheaded two hostages, both male teachers. Abu Sayyaf has demanded the release of Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, ... 
select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30913F73C540C708EDDAD0894D8404482

Apr 24, 2000 - Last week the rebels, members of the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyat, beheaded two hostages after the authorities refused demands for the ... The Abu Sayyaf is the smaller but more radical of two Muslim groups fighting for an independent Islamic state in the southern Philippines. ... 
select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60810FF3E540C778EDDAD0894D8404482

05/2000
May 2, 2000 - The 100 heavily harmed Abu Sayyaf rebels clashed with soldiers in a firefight that left at least one government soldier dead and five injured. The rebels later retreated to their stronghold. The gunfight followed rebel threats to behead two of the tourists if the military did not ... 
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2000/may/02/marktran

May 3, 2000 - ... ... leadership had seemingly melted away into the jungle. With them disappeared 27Filipino hostages, many of them schoolchildren, who have now been held for six weeks. The military strike on Basilan had been launched after the Abu Sayyaf announced the beheading of two male hostages. 
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/well-behead-hostages-say-philippine-rebels-716356.html

06/2000
Jun 12, 2000 - Various Muslim organizations here and abroad have also condemned the Abu Sayyaf for committing "un-Islamic acts" in abducting the civilians and, worse, torturing and beheading some of their Filipino captives. If we are not proceeding as fast in the negotiations as certain quarters want ... 
www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/2000/0612/philipine.erap.html

07/2000
Jul 7, 2000 - Yesterday, there were reports that the Abu Sayyaf beheaded one of the "prayer warriors" of evangelist Wilde Almeda. Sandra Aguinaldo has the report:. [Aguinaldo] When reports came out that one of the prayer warriors of Jesus Miracle Crusade, the officials of the group in Manila were ... 
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08/2000
Aug 30, 2000 - "We do not joke, when we say we will behead someone, we will behead him," said a spokesman for the Abu Sayyaf rebels holding Jeffrey Schilling. Mr Schilling, 24, is the first Americancaught up in the recent wave of kidnappings by the separatist guerrillas. ... 
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/903971.stm

09/2000
Sep 2, 2000 - The Abu Sayyaf rebels had earlier requested food and medicine be sent to their camp on remote Jolo island for Jeffrey Schilling, 24, ... The rebels earlier threatened to behead Schilling, who was abducted Sunday. Sabaya, however, pledged not to harm him while negotiations continue. ... 
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Sep 20, 2000 - Half of the original group had been released in batches in exchange for food and medicine, but after the Abu Sayyaf beheaded two teachers as a "birthday gift" to Estrada, the government struck back. But the military took a week to reach the hideout and lost many soldiers along the ... 
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02/2001
Feb 25, 2001 - Zamboanga, Philippines - Muslim rebels claimed on Sunday they had beheaded three Philippine soldiers captured in the biggest gunbattle with government forces in months on southern Jolo island. A spokesperson for the fundamentalist Abu Sayyaf militia said on local radio the three were ... 
www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw983085542587B214

03/2001
Mar 22, 2001 - Zamboanga City: Six soldiers were reportedly beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf after they were killed in fighting between the bandits and government troops in the jungles of Talipao, Sulu, last Monday [19 March]. In an interview with radio station dx. RZ, Abu Sabaya, spokesman for the Abu ... 
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04/2001
Apr 3, 2001 - Abu Sayyaf beheaded two Filipino hostages last April 19 as a "birthday gift" to then-President Joseph Estrada as he turned 63. Schilling, 25, of Oakland, has been held captive by the rebels since August. Hours before Arroyo's announcement, Abu Sabaya, an Abu Sayyaf leader, ... 
pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/70467163.html?dids=70467163:70467163&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+03%2C+2001&author=From...BEHEAD...

Apr 5, 2001 - The Abu Sayyaf guerrillas had vowed to behead him at 5pm (0900 GMT) to mark the birthday of Arroyo, who turned 54 today. Seeking a US$10 million ransom, the group had previously ... Arroyo ordered "all–out war" against the Abu Sayyaf on Monday when they threatened to behead Schilling. ... 
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-kidnappers-call-off-threat-to-behead-us-hostage-753211. html

Apr 13, 2001 - The Abu Sayyaf rebels had threatened to behead Schilling last week as a "birthday present" to Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. She responded by declaring "all-out war" on them. Brig. Gen. Diomedio Villanueva, who led the assault on the rebels on Jolo island, ... 
pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/71224533.html?dids=71224533:71224533&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS: FT&date=Apr+13%2C...behead...

05/2001
May 2001 - Weeks after the raid on the beach resort, in May 2001, the Abu Sayyaf beheaded GuillermoSobero of Corona, Calif. They still hold a missionary couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham of Wichita. [Sabaya promised on Thursday to free a local nurse held by his group ...  Show more
www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-347276.html?refid=gg_x_02

May 30, 2001 - ... ... with a series of kidnapping standoffs that endured for months last year - including the abduction of tourists from a Malaysian resort. The Abu Sayyaf has killed hostages in the past, including two teachers who were beheaded last year after the government cracked down on the group. 
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06/2001
Jun 2001 - After Abu Sayyaf beheaded an American hostage, Guillermo Sobero, in June 2001, Abu Sabaya called a radio station and said, ''We've released unconditionally one American, our amigo Guillermo, but we released him without a head.'' He then taunted Mrs. Arroyo ...  Show more
www.nytimes.com/2002/06/22/international/asia/22FILI.html

Jun 2001 - Chief Superintendent Joel Goltiao, police chief for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said the suspect was possibly involved in the Abu Sayyaf siege of the Golden Harvest Plantation in Lantawan, Basilan in June 2001. According to previous Malacañang ...  Show more
www.gmanews.tv/story/33954/Abu-suspect-in-2001-Basilan-kidnap-case-falls

Jun 4, 2001 - But the Abu Sayyaf also took an unknown number of new hostages from the hospital, including a doctor and his wife. And the bodies of two Filipino hostages taken at the resort were found outside the town, one of them beheaded. The three Americans - Guillermo Sobero of Corona, Calif., ... 
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Jun 8, 2001 - MANILA -- Muslim guerillas yesterday threatened to behead three American hostages if an ex-Malaysian senator was not allowed to mediate in the Philippine hostage crisis. However, President Gloria Arroyo swiftly rejected the demand. The Abu Sayyaf had warned in a radio broadcast they ... 
www.dispatch.co.za/2001/06/08/foreign/KHOSTAGE.HTM

Jun 11, 2001 - The offer came just minutes before a deadline by which Abu Sayyaf rebels had threatened to behead one of the hostages being held on Basilan island - and hours after they seized another group of 15 hostages. Four children, including two 12 year-olds, were among the new hostages. ... 
news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/asia-pacific/1382335.stm

Jun 11, 2001 - and Guillermo Sobero of Corona, Calif. On June 11, 2001 Sobero was beheaded and theAbu Sayyaf group claimed responsibility. In June, American missionary Martin Burnham was killed in a military rescue mission, along with nurse Ediborah Yap and three of the ...  Show more
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002-07-23-abu-sayyaf_x.htm

Jun 14, 2001 - Arroyo said the Abu Sayyaf has effectively terminated all talks with the Philippine government after claiming to have beheaded American hostage Guillermo Sobero. The original request for two Malaysian negotiators, made at the guerrillas' demand, has been overtaken by events, she said, ... 
www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-75493581.html?refid=gg_x_02

Jun 17, 2001 - The Abu Sayyaf led by Abu Sabaya are still holding captive 23 Filipinos and three Americans - Kansas missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham and Guillermo Sobero of Corona, California, United States. Sabaya earlier claimed that they beheaded Sobere because of the refusal of Malacanang ...
www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-75588013.html?refid=gg_x_02

Jun 18, 2001 - The Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf said Tuesday it has beheaded one of three American hostages it is holding in the southern Philippines' Basilan Island because the government has been ''insincere'' in its dealings with them. ''We chopped off the head of Guillermo Sobero,'' Abu ... 
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Jun 23, 2001 - Earlier this month, the Abu Sayyaf said they had beheaded one of their three American hostages, Guillermo Sobero. The authorities suspect that Mr Sobero is dead. But his body has yet to be found, so they cannot confirm that he has indeed been beheaded. Thousands of troops are combing ... 
news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/asia-pacific/1403719.stm

Jun 25, 2001 - The Abu Sayyaf bandits beheaded last Saturday two of their Filipino hostages - Primitivo Falcasantos and Crisantos Suela - who were abducted ... The Abu Sayyaf bandits have continued to threaten the government that they will behead the remaining hostages, including American Gullermo ... 
www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-75805286.html?refid=gg_x_02

07/2001
Jul 28, 2001 - Isabela City, Basilan: The Abu Sayyaf bandit group has beheaded three of its hostages, a Basilan town mayor said Friday [27 July]. Lantawan mayor Tahira Ismael said her security personnel reported to her that militiamen Salam Salih, Uttoh Adjal and Hadji Abdul Karam had been beheaded ... 
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08/2001
Aug 4, 2001 - The group is believed to number about 1100 fighters. Among the hostages the Abu Sayyafseized in May were Martin and Gracia Burnham, a missionary couple from Wichita, Kan. The group claims to have beheaded a third American, Guillermo Sobero of Corona. Sobero's remains have not been ... 
pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/77021634.xml?dids=77021634:77021634&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS: FT&type=current&date=Aug...beheads+at...

Aug 5, 2001 - The army launched its self-styled "search and destroy" mission after Abu Sayyaf kidnapped three Americans and 19 Filipinos from Palawan resort island 300 miles to the north-west in May. They have boasted of beheading one of the Americans, Guillermo Sobero, although his body has not ... 
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/philippines/1336482/Philippines-rebel-kidnappers-behead-nine- Christian-hostages.html

09/2001
Sep 11, 2001 - The Abu Sayyaf, notorious for its kidnapping-for-ransom and hostage-beheading atrocities, has been branded by the US and Philippine governments as a terrorist group with links to the Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda after the terror attacks on New York and Washington on ...  Show more
english.eastday.com/epublish/gb/paper1/1209/class000100003/hwz186037.htm

10/2001
Oct 8, 2001 - Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Sabaya claimed in June to have beheaded Mr Sobero as an "independence day gift" to the Philippine Government. The tourist was among three Americans and 17 Filipinos kidnapped from a western Philippines resort on 27 May. The group is still holding American ... 
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1586319.stm

Oct 16, 2001 - The Philippine military said Monday that it would not halt an offensive against Muslim extremists who threatened to behead an American couple if the army does not stop. Abu Sabaya, a leader of the Abu Sayyaf rebels in the southern Philippines, threatened to kill missionaries Martin and ... 
pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/84582320.html?dids=84582320:84582320&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS: FT&date=Oct+16%2C+2001&author=&pub=Los+Angeles...The...

11/2001
Nov 27, 2001 - The Burnhams and a Filipino nurse are the only known hostages still held by the Abu Sayyaf, which beheaded several others, including the only other American, Guillermo Sobero. The Burnhams were celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary when they were seized along with the others in a... 
pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/91932623.html?dids=91932623:91932623&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+27%2C+2001&author=From...pub...

12/2001
Dec 24, 2001 - This year, the Abu Sayyaf beheaded one American hostage and has held an American couple, Martin and Gracie Burnham, since may. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo vows to crush Abu Sayyaf and stand with the US in its global war on terror. PRES. GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, PHILIPPINES: We ... 
edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0112/24/se.01.html

01/2002
Jan 28, 2002 - The Abu Sayyaf rebels have beheaded a third American captive - 40-year-old California tourist Guillermo Sobero - and 14 Filipinos since the start of the hostage crisis. "Our family misses Gracia and Martin very much and we are extremely worried about them," Jones said. ... 
www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-82332914.html?refid=gg_x_02

02/2002
Feb 19, 2002 - AP Worldstream. Dateline: MANILA, Philippines Attempting to bolster support for a US military training exercise to help wipe out a Muslim extremist group, the Philippine government has released a gruesome videotape of alleged guerrillas beheading captured soldiers. ... 
www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-50862578.html?refid=gg_x_02

Feb 23, 2002 - CEBU, Philippines - The airing of a videotape purporting to show Abu Sayyaf guerrillasbeheading a Philippine soldier has raised howls of protest here and highlighted the dangers facing the recently deployed US Special Forces. The two-hour video, broadcast earlier this week, ... 
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03/2002
Mar 2002 - Abu Sayyaf kidnapped three American citizens in May 2001One was beheaded in June 2001The family of the other two, a missionary couple, the Burnhams, has disclosed that in March 2002they made a ransom payment of $300000 to Abu Sayyaf, but the couple was ...  Show more
books.google.com/books?id=hM6QpnNPHi8C&pg=PT37

04/2002
Apr 28, 2002 - 19. She said she was traveling in the interior hills of Jolo, 960km south of Manila, when she was taken hostage the next day by Muslim gunmen who beheaded her two guides. She was in the area trying to interview Khadafy Janjalani, leader of Abu Sayyaf guerrillas, who have been holding a ... 
www.taipeitimes.com/news/2002/04/28/story/0000133682

05/2002
May 30, 2002 - Weeks after the raid on the beach resort, in May 2001, the Abu Sayyaf beheadedGuillermo Sobero of Corona, Calif. They still hold a missionary couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham of Wichita. The United States set up a hotline and offered a reward of up to $5 million today for the capture ... 
pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/121944338.xml?dids=121944338:121944338&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+30%2C+2002...U...

06/2002
Jun 2002 - The hostages included three Americans, Martin and Gracia Burnham and Guillermo Sobero. Abu Sayyaf beheaded Sobero. In a June 2002 raid, Philippine forces rescued Gracia Burnham, but Abu Sayyafforces murdered her husband during the fighting.
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Jun 7, 2002 - The Abu Sayyaf beheaded the other American, Californian tourist Guillermo Sobero, in June last year. The Burnhams were taken to Basilan island, a jungle-clad, Abu Sayyf stronghold 900km south of Manila. But there have been unconfirmed reports that they were moved to the Zamboanga del ... 
www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw1023441301444B214

Jun 22, 2002 - The 39-year-old headed a faction of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group that abducted more than 100 people in the last year. Some escaped, some were freed, and 18 died, including a California man who was beheaded, and a Kansas missionary and a Filipina nurse killed in a rescue attempt ... 
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07/2002
Jul 3, 2002 - Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern Philippines have reiterated a threat to behead two American hostages, Martin and Gracia Burnham. The new threat has comes as Manila suspends peace talks with another militant Muslim group on the island of Basilan. 'They will be killed, beheaded', ... 
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200203/s498262.htm

08/2002
Aug 22, 2002 - Nestor Carolina, AFP Southern Command (Southcom) chief, Lionel Mantic and Lemuel Montolo were beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf a day after they and ... President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo denounced yesterday the beheading of two of six Filipino Christians abducted by Abu Sayyaf bandits in ...
www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-90625036.html?refid=gg_x_02

Aug 23, 2002 - Muslim guerrillas in the Philippines have beheaded two Christian preachers in a grisly response to government claims that they are on the run and close to defeat. The riposte from the Abu Sayyaf, linked by Washington to Al Qaeda terror network, came less than three weeks after US ... 
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11/2002
Nov 5, 2002 - An Abu Sayyaf bandit suspected of leading in the abduction of 21 civilians in the southern Philippine island of Basilan last year was arrested on Tuesday by the Military Intelligence Service. The arrested was Haron Alaba, who is also believed to be responsible for the brute beheading ... 
www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-93966830.html?refid=gg_x_02

12/2002
Dec 8, 2002 - Philippine soldiers captured a Muslim extremist allegedly involved in the kidnapping andbeheading of an American hostage last year, an army commander said Saturday. Abu Baidar, an alleged member of the Abu Sayyaf group, was captured Friday in a remote village of Lamitan on southern ... 
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03/2003
Mar 1, 2003 - Marcos, the eldest daughter of late President Ferdinand E. Marcos, said Filipinos are anxious to be rid of the Abu Sayyaf, which has beheaded many of its victims, including Guillermo Sobero, a Californian. But she said the Philippine government should negotiate assistance from the ... 
pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/297073571.xml?dids=297073571:297073571&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:FT&type=current&date...

04/2003
Apr 1, 2003 - Their account of how mercilessly the Abu Sayyaf beheaded and killed some of their companions who could not pay ransom is a nightmare that ... Neither can I forget the video clips showing the Abu Sayyaf beheading soldiers and other captives? I saw the full length video and I was ... 
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05/2003
May 17, 2003 - Montulo and Bendijo were abducted by Abu Sayyaf gunmen on June 7, 2002, in Taglibi, Patikul. There two male companions were beheaded in the early days of captivity while two other women escaped last month. (GS). Hours before her departure for a state visit to the United States, ... 
www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-101932031.html?refid=gg_x_02

06/2003
Jun 29, 2003 - ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 29, 2003 (AFP) BULLETIN — Three brothers were kidnapped and later found beheaded by suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Muslim kidnapping group in Mindanao, officials said Saturday. Police and villagers on Saturday recovered the decapitated bodies of farmers Rudy,... 
www.newsflash.org/2003/05/hl/hl018285.htm

07/2003
Jul 6, 2003 - Martin Burnham died during a military rescue attempt, and Sobero was beheaded. In their campaign to quash Abu Sayyaf, American special forces trained Philippine soldiers and sometimes served as advisers in the field. While AFP troops did most of the fighting, the Americans sometimes ... 
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/07/06/MN274481.DTL

12/2003
Dec 10, 2003 - Andang's Abu Sayyaf faction is also alleged to have beheaded several Filipino captives. In 2001, another faction within Abu Sayyaf kidnapped three Americans and 17 Filipinos. One American wasbeheaded and one died during a military operation that led to the rescue of the third. ... 
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02/2004
Feb 27, 2004 - He had been one of the country's most wanted fugitives, and his Abu Sayyaf faction is also alleged to have beheaded Filipino captives. ... In 2001, another Abu Sayyaf faction kidnapped three Americans and 17 Filipinos. One American was beheaded and one died during a military operation ... 
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03/2004
Mar 30, 2004 - The Abu Sayyaf is notorious for kidnapping and beheading hostages and is on the US list of terrorist organizations. The government considers the group a spent force, down from about 1000 guerrillas four years ago to about 300, after the United States sent troops and instructors to help ... 
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04/2004
Apr 9, 2004 - Some of their victims have been beheaded. Last week, the government arrested six allegedAbu Sayyaf members who, officials said, were plotting to stage a series of bombings — described as a potential "Madrid-level" attack — in Manila. "This is a big blow to the Abu Sayyaf... 
www.iht.com/articles/2004/04/09/phil.php

05/2004
May 12, 2004 - "The Iraqis will show themselves to be like Abu Sayyaf," he said, referring to the radical Muslim group of the Philippines, "and no one will sympathize them." But Sawsan Al-Masri, a 24-year-old Gaza mother of one, smiled when asked about the beheading... 
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06/2004
Jun 22, 2004 - In the Philippines, leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, or MILF, began distancing themselves from the evil Abu Sayyaf as the cruel bandits started mutilating and beheading their captives. But the MILF used their youth leaders, in their desire to regain credibility, ... 
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07/2004
Jul 30, 2004 - The eight, said to be members of the Filipino terrorist group Abu Sayyaf, are accused of invading a beach resort in May 2001 and kidnapping the ... In June 2002, after two hostages had beenbeheaded, the Philippine military carried out a rescue operation that relied heavily on US ... 
www.iht.com/articles/2004/07/30/phil_7.php

08/2004
Aug 13, 2004 - MANILA (AP) — A southern Philippines court sentenced 17 members of the al-Qaeda-linkedAbu Sayyaf militant group to death Friday for kidnapping nurses ... The rebels separately abducted 25 Basilan farmers to help them carry weapons and equipment and later beheaded 12 of them, he said. ... 
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-08-13-abusayaf-death_x.htm

10/2004
Oct 12, 2004 - Arroyo, who earlier indicated that the cause of the sinking was unclear, said charges have been filed against six suspects in the attack, including one who also allegedly beheaded hostage Guillermo Sobero of Corona, Calif., in 2001. Arroyo named fugitive Abu Sayyaf leaders Khaddafy ... 
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02/2005
Feb 16, 2005 - Even that reference to gifting the President with dead bodies was a mere rehash of what it said after beheading the American hostage, Guillermo Sobero, four years ago. Obviously the Abu Sayyafhas never changed its ideology of violence and terror. What is rather surprising is that some ... 
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03/2005
Mar 14, 2005 - Police said the group, led by an Abu Sayyaf member suspected of beheading an American hostage in 2001, had at least three handguns and could have other weapons smuggled in by friends and relatives. The incident appears to be another embarrassment for the government after jail breaks by ... 
www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=126&art_id=qw1110793322343B214

07/2005
Jul 23, 2005 - American and Philippine military forces have launched a joint operation to capture the leader of Abu Sayyaf, a terrorist group that has kidnapped scores of people and beheaded several, including one American, US and Philippine military officials said this week. ... 
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08/2005
Aug 28, 2005 - All the Filipinos were freed, but two of the Americans were killed -- one of them beheaded. The Abu Sayyaf was also blamed for firebombing a passenger ferry off Manila last year, killing more than 100 people in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack. ... 
www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=152598

11/2005
Nov 6, 2005 - Security forces yesterday captured a top leader of the Al Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group in southern Philippines, officials said. ... Hood because he often distributes his loot among civilian supporters in Jolo. But he is known as a ruthless militant who beheads soldiers and civilians. 
www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286-11148582.html

03/2006
Mar 27, 2006 - Abu Sayyaf is believed to get training and funding from al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiah, the Southeast Asian militant network. On Washington's blacklist of terrorist groups, Abu Sayyaf has also kidnapped and beheaded foreign and Filipino tourists and church workers. ... 
www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/03/27/bomb_blast_kills_two_in_southern_philippines

07/2006
Jul 29, 2006 - The last high-profile abduction of foreign and local tourists in the south happened in May 2001, when Abu Sayyaf beheaded one of three American tourists. Lieutenant-General Gabriel Habacon, the military commander in the southern Philippines, was more cautious in blaming the Muslim ... 
www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Philippines+%26+South+ Asia&month=July2006&file=World_News2006072932516.xml

11/2006
Nov 28, 2006 - The beheading was announced by Abu Sayyaf spokesperson Abu Sabaya two weeks after the abduction. The American's body was found about three weeks later. ... Wahab Akbar described Abbas as "the most dangerous Abu Sayyaf" because of his notoriety as the one who beheaded Sobero. ... 
www.aina.org/news/20061128102604.htm

01/2007
Jan 18, 2007 - (01-18) 04:00 PDT Zamboanga, Philippines -- A militant leader linked to al Qaeda and wanted in the beheading of a California tourist was killed ... Sali, a 42-year-old native of Zamboanga who was a qualified civil engineer, commanded an Abu Sayyaf unit called the urban terrorist group, ... 
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2007/01/18/MNGRMNKDIE1.DTL

03/2007
Mar 15, 2007 - Nine people were beheaded – one was shot dead while 30 others were abducted – whenAbu Sayyaf gunmen raided the Golden Harvest Plantation in 2001. The suspect was first placed under the custody of the Western Mindanao Command headquarters in Upper Calarian, Zamboanga City to undergo ...
www.gmanews.tv/story/34377/Security-up-for-Davao-fest-as-JI-man-admits-bomb-plot

04/2007
Apr 19, 2007 - One good example of this is the kidnapping and the heinous beheading of the seven (7) workers of the Sulu Governor Benjamin Loong by the suspected Abu Sayyaf on April 19, 2007. The AFP initially attributed the beheading to Ustaz Habier Malik, but the people ...  Show more
mnlf.net/OIC/34th%20ICFM%20Current%20Situation.htm

Apr 20, 2007 - Zamboanga City, Philippines (dpa) - Al-Qaeda-linked Muslim Abu Sayyaf rebels havebeheaded seven hostages and delivered the heads to the army in the southern Philippines, the military said Friday. The decapitated heads of the seven men - six road workers and one factory worker - were ... 
www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=118215

05/2007
May 2, 2007 - There is also no mention that the MNLF has consistently denied allegations that it is sheltering the Abu Sayyaf nor is there any reference to the military's failure to present ... The media's coverage of the barbaric beheading of seven construction workers also raises a lot of issues. ... 
www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/IE02Ae02.html

06/2007
Jun 11, 2007 - Filipino lay leader Roger Francisco of the Couples for Christ was among the sevenbeheaded by the Abu Sayyaf bandits on April 15, 2007. ... The most gruesome was the case of Fr. Rhoel Gallardo who was beheaded after being tortured by the Abu Sayyaf in March 2000. ... 
www.newsflash.org/2004/02/hl/hl105739.htm

07/2007
Jul 2007 - In July 2007, a Marine unit of some 100 men on a search mission to locate and rescue the kidnapped Italian priest, Fr. Giancarlo Bossi, was ambushed by Abu Sayyaf elements in Basilan. Twelve Marines were killed. The captured men were tortured before finally ...  Show more
magdaloparasapagbabago.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html

Jul 10, 2007 - He ruled out that Abu Sayyaf militants — who have beheaded hostages before — had sought refuge in the MILF stronghold. "It cannot be a mistaken encounter because it was a deliberate act on the part of the marines that entered the area, knowing that the area is a bailiwick of the MILF, ... 
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/11/asia/AS-GEN-Philippines-Muslim-Rebels.php

Jul 12, 2007 - In June 2001, the Abu Sayyaf beheaded Sobero as an “Independence Day gift” to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. There have been a number of low points in the history of military efforts to stamp out the Abu Sayyaf as well as the communist rebels. In May 2000, Abu Sayyaf bandits killed ... 
newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=76172

Jul 15, 2007 - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chided President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Sunday for insinuating it is behind the beheading of 10 of 14 ... Kabalu said it is “possible" and “public knowledge" that “other groups" including the Abu Sayyaf could have been behind the incident. ... 
www.gmanews.tv/story/51086/MILF-Too-early-to-conclude-we-beheaded-Marines

08/2007
Aug 2, 2007 - By Joel Guinto. MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE 2) Four members of the Abu Sayyaf are responsible for beheading 4 of 10 Marines during an encounter in Basilan province last month, Acting Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales said Thursday, quoting the findings of a joint investigation by ... 
newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=80163

Aug 7, 2007 - A joint investigation by the government and the MILF revealed that at last four Abu Sayyaf beheaded four of the Marines. The investigators however failed to explain why the Abu Sayyaf was involved in the encounter. At around 5:35 pm Monday, Marine troops engaged a combined force of Abu ... 
newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view_article.php?article_id=81104

Aug 10, 2007 - Nag-firing lang ako (I did not behead anyone. I just fired my gun).” He also wants to be a state witness. This is what Buhari Jamiri said after he surrendered ... Jamiri had been staying at an Abu Sayyaf camp for sometime because he was also wanted for the 1991 murder of an ex-mayor. ... 
newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=81687

Aug 14, 2007 - The talks resume even as government troops go on the offensive against Abu Sayyafextremists in Sulu and hunt down the suspects -- including what the military says are MILF fighters -- in thebeheading of 10 Marines in Basilan last July 10. "There is a broad support for the President's ... 
newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=82448

Aug 19, 2007 - He said three leaders and 39 followers of the Abu Sayyaf were killed in that clash. He said the slain bandits included Puruji Indama, Umair Indama and Nuruddin Muddalang, who were based in Tipo-Tipo town in Basilan and suspected to be involved in the July 10 beheading and mutilation of ... 
newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view_article.php?article_id=83472

Aug 20, 2007 - (Update) Government forces bombarded Muslim rebel strongholds with artillery shells on southern Basilan Island on Sunday, a day after 15 Marines and 40 militants were killed in a fierce gun battle, officials said. The Marines were killed when their unit attacked a jungle hide-out of ... 
www.gmanews.tv/story/56782/2-beheading-suspects-among-40-Abu-Sayyaf-fatalities---AFP

09/2007
Sep 5, 2007 - 18 in Basilan that left 29 Marines dead, including 10 who were beheaded, allegedly by Abu Sayyaf terrorists. The inquiry will investigate possible errors in command that led to some of the Armed Forces’ biggest losses in recent years, the new Marine commandant Maj. Gen. ... 
newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=86739

10/2007
Oct 24, 2007 - "Previous kidnapping victims of the Abu Sayyaf have positively identified Madjakin as one of their captors," he said. "Some witnesses also identified him as one of those involved in the beheadingof the marine troopers." 
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/24/asia/AS-GEN-Philippines-Abu-Sayyaf.php

11/2007
Nov 15, 2007 - It proposes that the bombing was payback for Akbar’s accusation that the Abu Sayyafbandits beheaded government troops in Basilan in July. It has been pointed out that Akbar used to be allied with the Abu Sayyaf in the past. Speaker Jose de Venecia asserted on the night of the ... 
www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/congressblast/view.php?db=1&article=20071115-101191

12/2007
Dec 6, 2007 - A Philippine court has convicted 14 militants of kidnapping 20 people in a 2001 incident that eventually left two Americans dead, including one who was beheaded. Douglas Bakshian reports from Manila. A Manila court Thursday sentenced 14 members of the Abu Sayyaf group to life in prison ... 
voanews.com/english/2007-12-06-voa14.cfm

01/2008
Jan 21, 2008 - The July 10 attack left 14 marines dead, including 10 who were beheaded — a signature tactic of the Abu Sayyaf. The group's killings, bombings and kidnappings shape its campaign to set up an Islamic caliphate in the southern Philippines. "We have been monitoring the activities of about ... 
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/21/asia/AS-GEN-Philippines-Abu-Sayyaf.php

02/2008
Feb 4, 2008 - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has vowed to eliminate the rebel group by 2010 when her second term ends. Military operation against Abu Sayyaf has been intensified since last July when ten government navy soldiers were killed and beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf bandits. 
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/04/content_7564721.htm

05/2008
May 27, 2008 - Nelson Allaga said the “harassment” of the government troops were carried out by MILF commanders Malista Malangka and Hamsa Sapanton and the Abu Sayyaf’s Indama brothers. The Indamas “were infamous for the beheading of the Marine troops last year,” it said. ... 
newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20080527-138997/Military-files-protest-over-Basilan- clash

06/2008
Jun 19, 2008 - Recounting their ordeal, Drilon said their Abu Sayyaf abductors tied them up and made several threats to behead them. But the freed senior correspondent of ABS-CBN said the harrowing experience was an eye-opener especially when seeing that some of their armed captors were mere boys. ...
globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view/20080619-143559/Captors-mere-boys

07/2008
Jul 10, 2008 - By Julie Alipala, Jeoffrey Maitem, Charlie Señase. LAMITAN CITY, Basilan -- The Abu Sayyaf has warned it will behead four linemen of the Basilan Electric Coop. (Baselco) it is holding captive unless ransom is paid Friday. The bandit group earlier made a similar threat but decided to ... 
newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080710-147632/Abu-Sayyaf-threatens-to-behead-4- captive-linemen

09/2008
Sep 17, 2008 - Police, on the other hand, has arrested one of the Abu Sayyaf bandits involved in thebeheading of the 10 Marines last year. The suspect was identified as Abdulkab ... Balahim is among theAbu Sayyaf bandits under Indama who took part in beheading 10 Marines in Al Barka last year. ... 
docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/BBAB/lib00589,123439B5B0C4AE20.html

11/2008
Nov 25, 2008 - Abu Sayyaf guerrillas, notorious for kidnappings, beheading hostages and bombings, have been active in and around Patikul despite US-backed Philippine offensives to dislodge them. Last week, US troops in a Philippine military convoy came under fire from suspected Abu Sayyaf rebels also ... 
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/25/asia/AS-Philippines-Abu-Sayyaf.php

12/2008
Dec 24, 2008 - MANILA, Philippines - Two suspected members of the bandit group Abu Sayyaf who allegedly took part in the beheading of government troops in 2007 have escaped from the provincial jail in Basilan province. Reports reaching the Philippine National Headquarters in Camp Crame indicated that ... 
www.gmanews.tv/story/141003/2-suspected-Sayyaf-militants-bolt-Basilan-jail

1 comment:

Dave said...

Okay, we obviously have a twist on the "good cop, bad cop" routine. Abu Sayaf gets to be the "radicals" while MILF (etc) get to be the "moderates".

Now for the P64 question: Who is their Moriarty? Who gave/gives them the seed money to set up operations----and takes a cut of the monetary proceeds? Who sees to it that they get replacements for men and equipment lost?

Who does their thinking for them and plans their operations so thoroughly? Unless there is some information that I am missing, these guys seem more than a little too dense to do all this own their own. Indications are there is some form of command and staff work at play somewhere.

Find that and you may well have found the nerve center. Put it out of business and ASG should take irreversible attrition in fairly short order.