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                    [Title] => If the Abu Sayyaf blew up the SuperFerry, its terrorist attack was worse than Madrid bombing
                    [Summary] => TIME magazine said so in its issue which came out yesterday. The article by its correspondent Simon Elegant – datelined Maguindanao Province – rated the front page blurb in the newsweekly’s August 30 issue: "ABU SAYYAF’S MURDEROUS WAYS."


The four-page main story on page 10, headlined The Return of the Abu Sayyaf declared in its subtitle: A Philippine group that was once known for brutal kidnapping has graduated to genuine terror.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262669 [Title] => Abus: From kidnaps to genuine terror [Summary] => Abu Sayyaf kidnappers are back with a vengeance — this time as terrorists, Time magazine has reported.

In a story titled "The Return of Abu Sayyaf," written by Simon Elegant with reporting from Nelly Sindayen, the magazine said the sinking of the SuperFerry 14 last Feb. 27 was the handiwork of the Abu Sayyaf, contrary to initial claims of government investigators that it was either an accident or the work of pranksters.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 242230 [Title] => Ferry captain: I smelled gunpowder [Summary] => The captain of the ill-fated SuperFerry 14 testified yesterday he smelled gunpowder after a powerful explosion rocked his ship on the night of Feb. 26, tending to bolster claims by the bandit Abu Sayyaf group that it put a suicide bomber on board.

Captain Ceferino Manzo, 51, told members of the Special Board of Marine Inquiry (SBMI) during the start of the formal investigation that the entire tourist section was engulfed in "thick black smoke (that) smelled like gunpowder."
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 242319 [Title] => Suspek sa ferry blast hinuli [Summary] => Isang lalaki na hinihinalang may kinalaman sa naganap na pagsabog ng barkong SuperFerry 14 ang dinampot ng mga kagawad ng Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) sa Davao City.

Sa sketchy report, dinakip ng mga kagawad ng PCG sa Davao City port ang suspek na si Agustin Beltres.

Nabatid na isa sa mga pasahero ng lumubog na barko ang suspek at naging kahina-hinala dahil sumakay ito na walang dalang anumang bagahe.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 241188 [Title] => Sa nasunog na Super Ferry: Anggulong sabotahe inayunan ng MARINA [Summary] => Lumilitaw na isang container van na sumabog sa loob ng cargo hold section ang pinagmulan ng sunog na tumupok sa buong SuperFerry-14 na posibleng isang pananabotahe, ayon sa isinagawang imbestigasyon ng Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA).

Ayon kay Oscar Sevilla, MARINA administrator, malaki ang ebidensyang nakita ng mga diver na nagkaroon ng pagsabog sa economy class sa gitna ng barko kung saan nasa ilalim nito ang cargo hold section.

Dito naman nakalagay ang iba’t ibang sasakyan at mga container vans ng iba’t ibang produkto.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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