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                    [ArticleID] => 338497
                    [Title] => Security strengthened for Mercy’s visit to south
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Backed by American troops, the Armed Forces Southern Command (Southcom) has strengthened its security amid possible attacks from the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf when the US Navy hospital Mercy holds a three-week medical mission in Mindanao starting tomorrow.


Southcom information chief Capt. Jose Richie Pabilonia said there were unconfirmed reports that the extremist Islamic group would stage sabotage operations during Mercy’s visit in Sulu, a known hotbed of local militants.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 330078 [Title] => Abu Sayyaf leader, brod killed in clash [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — A suspected leader of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf and his brother and a government militiaman were killed Monday in an encounter on Sacol Island, 1.2 nautical miles east of this port city, the military said.

The clash broke out a day before new US Ambassador Kristie Kenney arrived here en route to Basilan for her first official out-of-town trip.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292105 [Title] => Bombing suspect eludes arrest [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — An engineer, suspected to be one of the bombers of a lodging inn and a food chain here last week, eluded arrest yesterday in a village near a military camp, officials said.

Region 9 elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), backed by the local police, the anti-terror Task Force Zamboanga and the Armed Forces Southern Command swooped down on the suspect’s lair in Barangay Baliwasan.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 289493 [Title] => Sayyaf bomber nadakma [Summary] => CAMP AGUINALDO — Bumagsak sa kamay ng tropa ng militar ang itinuturing na subleader ng Abu Sayyaf urban terrorist group (UTG) na responsable sa serye ng pambobomba sa Kamindanawan... [DatePublished] => 2005-08-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) ) )
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