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[ArticleID] => 87643
[Title] => Sayyaf threatens beheadings anew
[Summary] =>
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Abu Sayyaf fundamentalist group renewed its threat
yesterday to behead the men among the 29 hostages it is holding in a mountain
hideout after President Estrada rejected its demands.
The hostages would either "go home without their heads" or "only their heads
would be sent home," said Abu Asmad Sallayuddin, spokesman for the Abu Sayyaf,
now known as Al Harakatul Islamia.
In rejecting the terrorists' demands, President Estrada said he would not
compromise with them and that their leaders should be taught a lesson.
Earlier, the Abu Sayyaf demanded the r
[DatePublished] => 2000-04-17 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorID] => 1804671
[AuthorName] => Roel Pareño
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[ArticleID] => 87561
[Title] => Basilan exec: We'll wipe out Sayyaf kin
[Summary] =>
ISABELA, Basilan -- Basilan Gov. Wahab Akbar warned the Abu Sayyaf yesterday
that he will wipe out the relatives of its leaders if the Muslim extremist
group harmed any of its hostages.
"I am always for the safety of future generations. To save a hundred thousand
lives, if 10 or 20 or a hundred should be sacrificed, then they should be
sacrificed so that many will be saved," Akbar vowed.
"I swear to God, if you hurt the hostages, I will finish off your family, Abu
Sabaya," Akbar warned Sayyaf spokesman Asmad Ala-huddin, alias Abu Sabaya.
[DatePublished] => 2000-04-12 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorID] => 1806203
[AuthorName] => Alvin Tarroza
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[ArticleID] => 87518
[Title] => Vigilantes threaten to rescue Sayyaf hostages
[Summary] =>
ISABELA, Basilan - "Humanda na lang sila (They better get ready)."
The vigilante group headed by Abdul Mijal issued this threat to the Abu Sayyaf
which, it said, reneged on its promise to swap 15 of its 33 hostages with the
wife and daughter of its leader Khadafy Janjalani whom the group released last
Thursday.
"Hindi nila tinupad ang kasunduan (They didn't comply with the
agreement)," said Mijal's emissary.
[DatePublished] => 2000-04-10 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 87472
[Title] => Janjalani's wife, daughter freed
[Summary] =>
Muslim vigilantes released yesterday the wife and one-year-old daughter of Abu
Sayyaf chieftain Khadafy Janjalani for humanitarian reasons.
This developed as the government finally gave in to the Abu Sayyaf's demand for
action star Robin Padilla to help negotiate for the release of 33 hostages held
by the rebels.
Karima Janjalani was freed by vigilante leader Abdul Mijal because she is due
to give birth anytime while her daughter Jasmin was running a fever.
Abu Sayyaf spokesman Asmad Alahuddin confirmed the release but said nothing
about what his group would offer in retu
[DatePublished] => 2000-04-07 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 87438
[Title] => Vigilantes give Sayyaf April 15 deadline
[Summary] =>
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Armed vigilantes gave the Abu Sayyaf yesterday 12 days or
until April 15 to release 33 hostages, threatening to execute by firing squad
the relatives of the extremist group's leader whom they had snatched in a
bizarre tit-for-tat move.
The Abu Sayyaf kidnapped 53 teachers, students and a Catholic priest after a
failed attack on an Army post in Basilan last March 20.
They released 20 hostages in exchange for food and medicine, but warned they
would kill the rest if the military launched an offensive.
[DatePublished] => 2000-04-04 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Alvin Tarroza
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