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                    [Title] => It was hell out there, Sayyaf hostages say
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ISABELA, Basilan -- "Vengeance," said the children.

Most children whom Army Scout Rangers had rescued after 44 days in captivity want to exact revenge against the terrorist band Abu Sayyaf.

"I hope the soldiers wipe them out because they are evil," 12-year-old Ma. Cristina Francisco said in Filipino.

She was sitting alone in a far corner of a hospital ward, nursing swollen feet caused by bruises sustained from walking barefoot in the jungles of Basilan.

"They (Abu Sayyaf terrorists) had no mercy," she said while biting her lips to restrain her anger. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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