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                    [Title] => ISIS supporter hurt in Basilan clash
                    [Summary] => 

A senior Abu Sayyaf leader who pledged allegiance with the Islamic State militants had been wounded following encounter in Basilan, a security official reported here.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-20 02:32:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141115/abu-sayyaf-encounter-8.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 848655 [Title] => 2 Abus tagged in 2001 Palawan kidnapping fall [Summary] =>

Two suspected Abu Sayyaf militants involved in the 2001 kidnapping of 20 tourists, including American missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham, in a Palawan resort, were captured in a Zamboanga del Norte village Wednesday night, the military said.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 610830 [Title] => Military beefs up security as 9/11 attacks remembered [Summary] =>

Soldiers in battle gear were strongly visible in the urban and commercial areas as the military continued to intensify security as the world remembered the twin tower terror attack exactly nine years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 434272 [Title] => Abu Sayyaf: Here we go again (First of two parts) [Summary] => Once again, and probably not surprising, bandits have kidnapped three members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as the missionaries were in transit from inspecting inmates' conditions and carrying out a water and sanitation project in a provincial jail. [DatePublished] => 2009-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135937 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1444024 [AuthorName] => Korina Sanchez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 285332 [Title] => Sayyaf man in Palawan kidnap falls [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Military intelligence agents captured in Basilan last Tuesday a suspected Abu Sayyaf member involved in the 2001 kidnapping of three Americans and 17 Filipinos in a resort in Palawan.

The suspect, Abshar Ismael, alias Abu Arsad, who was arrested in Barangay Carbon, Isabela City, was involved in other Abu Sayyaf abductions such as those of teachers, students and Fr. Rhoel Gallardo in Tumahubong, Sumisip, Basilan in March 2000, said Brig. Gen. Reymundo Ferrer, commander of the Army’s 103rd Infantry Brigade.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268138 [Title] => Sayyaf leader involved in 2001 kidnap nabbed [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — A ranking Abu Sayyaf leader wanted by the US and Philippine governments for the kidnapping of three Americans and for his involvement in the siege of Lamitan town in Basilan in 2001 has been captured, the military said yesterday.

Aminula Jimlani, who carried a P1-million bounty on his head, was among the Abu Sayyaf bandits who seized three Americans and 17 local tourists and beach resort personnel in Palawan in 2001.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 210829 [Title] => New US book charts roadmap to peace in Mindanao [Summary] => WASHINGTON — An enduring solution to the secessionist rebellion in Mindanao is difficult to achieve because Christian settlers and Muslim inhabitants of the region see the issue from differing historical perspectives, according to a new book distributed in Washington.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 208252 [Title] => Abu Sayyaf leader killed [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — A top Abu Sayyaf commander who took part in the kidnapping of American missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham was shot dead in Basilan yesterday by military guards while allegedly trying to escape.

Mauron Ampul, alias Bashirol Ampul, was captured during a raid near Sumisip town on Thursday, said Col. Bonifacio Ramos, commander of the Army’s 103rd Brigade.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180352 [Title] => GMA: No talks with Abu leader [Summary] => President Arroyo reiterated yesterday the government’s no-negotiations policy with the Abu Sayyaf even as one of the bandit group’s most wanted leaders offered to surrender.

The President’s firm stand came amidst talks that Abu Sayyaf commander Hamsiraji Sali has been conducting surrender talks with military emissaries in Basilan.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 171159 [Title] => Bad luck foiled Christmas rescue of Burnhams — Cimatu [Summary] => Philippine commandos were within minutes of pulling off a Christmas Day rescue of a US couple held hostage by Abu Sayyaf rebels when a freak event threw the operation into chaos, their commander said yesterday.

Gen. Roy Cimatu said his Army Scout Rangers had burrowed into the tropical jungle of the southern island of Basilan in December for a Christmas Day raid, but a woman from an advance party of Abu Sayyaf wives stepped on the head of one soldier lying in ambush.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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