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                    [Title] => 3 tugboat crewmen now held by another group in Tawi-Tawi
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — The military confirmed yesterday that another Abu Sayyaf group led by one Wajan Asman is now holding captive three crewmembers of a tugboat kidnapped in waters close to Tawi-Tawi last April.


This, after Abu Sayyaf leader Ayub Bakil, whose group was earlier holding them captive, was killed along with two henchmen, both his relatives, in a clash with a Navy special warfare group in a remote village in Languyan, Tawi-Tawi last Friday.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255419 [Title] => Sayyaf leader, 2 others killed in Tawi-Tawi clash [Summary] => SANGA-SANGA, Tawi-Tawi — Government troops killed a local commander of the Abu Sayyaf who allegedly orchestrated a raid on a tugboat earlier this year and took three crewmembers hostage, the military said yesterday. Two of his supporters were also killed.

Elements of the Naval Task Force 62 clashed early Friday with about 30 guerrillas of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf in a remote village outside the town of Languyan in Tawi-Tawi, Capt. Feliciano Angue, the special warfare group’s commander, said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255507 [Title] => 3 Abu na kidnaper patay sa engkuwentro [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY – Tatlong bandidong Abu Sayyaf na sangkot sa pagdukot sa tatlong marino ang kumpirmadong napatay sa naganap na bakbakan matapos na salakayin ng mga tauhan ng Naval Task Force 62 ang pinagkukutaan ng mga bandido sa isla ng Tawi-Tawi kamakalawa ng hapon.

Kinilala ni Capt. Feliciano Angue, hepe ng Naval anti-terror unit ng Naval Task Force 62, ang isa sa napatay na bandidong si Ayub Bakil, lider ng kidnap gang, habang ang dalawa nitong malapit na alalay ay kasalukuyang bineberipika pa ang pagkikilanlan.
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Troops discovered the jungle hideout of an Abu Sayyaf band that fled from Basilan after they stormed a stronghold in Omapuy island, which had been camouflaged to look like a peaceful barangay.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 252157 [Title] => US maintains travel ban on Basilan, Sulu,Tawi-Tawi [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — The United States has maintained the travel warning it issued to its citizens to avoid traveling to Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi due to existing threat from the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group.

The travel warning issued by the US Embassy on Tuesday last week also advised Americans to defer non-emergency travel to the island of Mindanao and Sulu archipelago, citing recurrence in bombings incidents and threats of other violence and criminal acitivities, including kidnapping.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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