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                    [ArticleID] => 388581
                    [Title] => US role in downfall of Sabaya crucial, but ‘invisible’
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WASHINGTON – The United States played a crucial but almost "invisible" role in finding and killing Abu Sayyaf leader Abu Sabaya, by using a tracking device sewn into his backpack’s fabric and plotting his movements with unmanned Predators and high-flying surveillance aircraft, The Atlantic magazine reported. 

[DatePublished] => 2007-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1462766 [AuthorName] => Lito Katigbak STAR Washington bureau [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 338470 [Title] => Wrong move [Summary] => This is a case involving siblings fighting over a parcel of agricultural land with an area of 11.3365 hectares fully planted with coconuts and fruit bearing trees located in Basilan. It was originally a public land being cultivated by Gani
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 212318 [Title] => Sabaya still alive, says former hostage [Summary] => The Abu Sayyaf’s flamboyant spokesman is still alive and hiding in a Zamboanga del Norte town, according to a Roman Catholic priest who has accused the military in the past of colluding with the bandits.

Using the new alias Abu Muslim, Abu Sabaya is holed up in Kalawit town with about 40 henchmen, Fr. Cirilo Nacorda said, citing a "reliable source."

But the military insisted Sabaya was killed in a clash with government troops in June last year.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 212343 [Title] => 'Sabaya buhay pa' - Fr. Nacorda [Summary] => CAMP AGUINALDO –Umalingawngaw ang balitang buhay na buhay ang notoryus na tagapagsalita ng Abu Sayyaf na si Aldam Tilao alyas Abu Sabaya at aktibong nagre-recruit ng mga residente para sumapi sa grupong terorista sa bayan ng Siocon, Sirawai at Balingulan sa Zamboanga del Norte. [DatePublished] => 2003-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 205783 [Title] => Gracia’s story [Summary] => Gracia Burnham does not look like the type who would lie or embellish a traumatic personal experience just to promote a book.

On the other hand, the American missionary has taken pains to clarify that she has no first-hand knowledge of collusion between the Philippine military and the Abu Sayyaf. In her book "In the Presence of My Enemies," she wrote only what she experienced personally, she clarified, including what she was told by her captors led by Aldam Tilao, a.k.a. the late, unlamented Abu Sabaya.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 205383 [Title] => Gracia: AFP did all it could [Summary] => WASHINGTON — US missionary Gracia Burnham, who was held captive by the Abu Sayyaf for more than a year in the southern Philippines, said she did not mean to belittle the efforts of the Philippine military. [DatePublished] => 2003-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196592 [Title] => Joining combat, but only from war room [Summary] => It’s common practice. World leaders would assign an "anonymous source" to "leak" to the press a new policy or plan whose implication they are unsure of. It’s really an idea float, and the intention is to gauge support or unnerve the enemy or discover points of resistance.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185615 [Title] => ‘Operation Endgame’ still a stalemate; Janjalani evades pursuing gov’t troops in Sulu, Tawi-Tawi [Summary] => A top Abu Sayyaf leader has been shuttling between the southern island provinces of Sulu and Tawi-Tawi to evade a massive military dragnet, a senior military official said.

Maj. Gen. Glicerio Sua said he was not surprised by Khaddafi Janjalani’s movements, however, since he has done that in the past. He suspected that Janjalani must be seeking refuge with the Abu Sayyaf faction of Radulan Sahiron in Sulu.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 184677 [Title] => Abu leader’s offer to yield rejected [Summary] => The military rejected yesterday the surrender offer of top Abu Sayyaf leader Hamsiraji Sali, who said he would give himself up if the military stopped operations against them.

"If he wants to surrender it should be unconditional. I will not stop any operation against the Abu Sayyaf," said Lt. Gen. Narciso Abaya, chief of the Armed Forces Southern Command, whose troops have been hunting down the Abu Sayyaf. "If he wants to surrender he should not make any demands."
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 184543 [Title] => Abu leader wants to yield [Summary] => A top Abu Sayyaf leader wanted by the United States for the deaths of two American hostages said yesterday he wants to surrender and cooperate with the government. [DatePublished] => 2002-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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