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	From MNLF to Abu Sayyaf
		The founder of Abu Sayyaf was Abduragak Abubakar Janjalani, who led the group until December 1998, when was killed by the police in the Lamitan village in Basilan Island.[23] Janjalani was a veteran of the Afghan war and during his participation in the war he developed close ties with other Islamic radical groups.
		Abu Sayyaf rejects the practice of the complementary non-violent mobilization (Dawa) since violent struggle (Jihad) corresponds to the group’s ideological strategy, while moderation of the struggle constitutes an inevitable acceptance of the MNLF’s “concessions” to the State.
		Alternately, should Abu Sayyaf choose to conduct a non-violent struggle against the State, the group could find itself on a track of decline since such developments could be perceived as a diversion from the Islamic aim of its struggle.
	www.ict.org.il /articles/mnlf-abu-sayyaf.htm (2959 words)

	Abu Sayaf
		The U.S. claims the Abu Sayyaf is a “terrorist” group linked to Osama Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network even though evidence of their link is dubious according to the New York Times.
		Basilan is where the Abu Sayyaf has been holding three of the remaining 21 hostages taken from the Dos Palmas Resort Hotel on Palawan Island in June 2001-- two U.S. nationals and a Filipino; the rest of the hostages were released after ransom payments were made.
		Then, the soldiers guarding the back of the hospital somehow turned the other way when the Abu Sayyaf escaped with their remaining captives into the jungles; the other hostages had been released after ransom was paid.
	aloran.netfirms.com /absayaf.htm (1218 words)

	Media and Terrorism: Philippines Case study: UNESCO-CI
		But this “terrorist front” is not as visible as the terrorist scourge of the Abu Sayaf (AS), a small band of Muslim militants who have taken to kidnapping and hostage-taking for ransom in Southern Mindanao.
		In the last two years, the Abu Sayaf, operating from bases in southern islands of Jolo and Basilan, have raided three exclusive beach resorts,the Sipadan in Malaysia in 2000 and Dos Palmas and Pearl Farm in the Philippines in 2001, taking Filipinos and foreigners as hostages.
		On the Abu Sayaf front, journalist excursions exploredthe group’s territory and a number of journalists themselves were taken hostage by their news sources.
	portal.unesco.org /ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=4671&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (1850 words)

	Militant Attack on Srinagar Airport Leaves 12 Dead
		Abu Osama, a spokesman for the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba told newspapers that the attack was carried out by a suicide squad "Our six Fidayeen attacked Srinagar airport around 2.45 pm," he said.
		The Lashkar spokesman identified the militants involved in the attack as Abu Abdullah, Abu Abdullah Tariq, Commander of the group, Abu Hanzla, Abu Usama, Abu Khubaib, Abu Abdullah Sayaf and Abu Abdullah.
		Laskar-e-Tayyaba spokesman Abu Osama claimed that the squad that carried out Tuesday's attack was the same group that had made the earlier abortive attempt to attack the airport.
	www.ict.org.il /spotlight/det.cfm?id=554 (893 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| world news Abu Sayyaf claim Philippine bombing
		The al-Qaeda linked Abu Sayyaf group claimed responsibility on Wednesday for a bombing in the southern Philippines which left at least 21 people dead, while five members of the country's largest Muslim rebel group were arrested over the attack.
		A leader of the Abu Sayyaf told the local ABS-CBN television on Wednesday that his group staged the bombing although the group said it regretted there were many casualties.
		The Philippine government said it was not taking the Abu Sayyaf claim for the blast seriously, saying that Davao, the largest city and commercial capital of the southern Philippines, was not part of the group's terrain.
	iafrica.com /news/worldnews/215128.htm (608 words)

	RE: H-Net* THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE KIDNAPPING IN SIPADAN AND ABU SAYYA
		Sayaf merupakan nama yg dikaitkan dgn Abd Rasul Sayaf yg pada masa dahulu terkenal dgn manhaj salafi dlm jihad Afghan.
		Dan gerakan ABu Sayaf ini bangkit serentak dgn GIA di Algeria yaitu setelah jatuhnya Kabul ke tangan mujahidin.
		Their orders were/are to commit terrorist acts such as > kidnapping, attacking towns, and committing bombings whenever the > Administration is under fire or under the scrutiny of the press or a > bid for independence is strengthening among the Muslims of the > Philippines.
	www.mail-archive.com /hizb@hizbi.net/msg12555.html (1908 words)

	Prison revolt in Philippines casts pall over peace talks \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Analysts say Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah, another Al Qaeda-linked organization, are benefiting from the protection of extremists in the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a group currently in a "peace process" with the government.
		Eid Kabalu, a MILF spokesman, says his group and the government are planning to "interdict" some of the extremists from Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu Sayyaf, long viewed as the hardest-line of Islamic groups in the Philippines.
		Abu Sayaf has also staged bombings in Manila and General Santos City, a major industrial center in Mindanao.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/0316/p07s02-woap.htm (755 words)

	Abu Sayyaf History
		Abu Sayyaf followers related that whenever the leaders discussed certain issues, Global would sit quietly listening, and usually spoke only after everyone had exhausted his point.
		Emissaries of the Abu Sayyaf bandits in Basilan no longer need to set covert rendezvous, or personally meet with the go-betweens of the relatives of hostages being held in the hinterlands of Basilan as they utilize other means of doing their clandestine negotiations, according to Southern Command spokesperson Col. Danilo Servando.
		Aside from utilizing satellite telephones to contact relatives and negotiators, the Abu Sayyaf also text the panicky relatives of their victims in Manila who may be moving heaven and hell to meet the bandits’ demand.
	www.lazamboangatimes.com /abu_sayyaf.html (3693 words)

	FRONTLINE/WORLD . Philippines - Islands Under Siege . A Conflicted Land: Rebellions, Wars and Insurgencies in the ...
		The U.S. government recently added the NPA to its list of terrorist groups and also says that a smaller rebel group, Abu Sayaf, has links to al Qaeda.
		Abu Sayaf split from the MNF in 1991 and made its name by taking Filipinos and foreigners hostage on the islands of Jolo and Basilan.
		Though Abu Sayaf claims to be fighting for a Muslim state, MILF has distanced itself from the group.
	www.pbs.org /frontlineworld/stories/philippines/tl04.html (675 words)

	Philippine Communication Centrum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		In the last two years, the Abu Sayaf, operating from bases in southern islands of Jolo and Basilan, have raided three exclusive beach resorts, the Sipadan in Malaysia in 2000 and Dos Palmas and Pearl Farm in the Philippines in 2001, taking Filipinos and foreigners as hostages.
		On the Abu Sayaf front, journalist excursions explored the group's territory and a number of journalists themselves were taken hostage by their news sources.
		The greater news attention given to the Abu Sayaf follows traditional news values - the story had more drama and more excitement than the largely invisible international terrorist cells.
	www.comcentrum.ph /wpfd_proceedings/wpfd_proceed_media_terror.htm (1853 words)

	CNN.com - Abu Sayyaf hostages rescued, one beheaded - October 14, 2001
		The fourth was among those seized in June when Abu Sayyaf guerrillas took shelter in a hospital and later slipped through a military cordon.
		Military officials had earlier set a November deadline to subdue the Abu Sayyaf, which the Philippine government has dismissed as a mere bandit gang.
		The U.S. government has listed the Abu Sayyaf among 27 organizations with links to Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect in the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/10/14/phil.hostages/index.html (526 words)

	Re: H-Net* Abu Sayyaf -perspektif lain
		Abu Bashir and the Group juga memainkan peranannya w/pun ketika itu Madinah terikat dgn perjanjian Hudaibiah.(lihat Sirah Sahabat - Syaikh Muhammad Yusuf alKandahlawy) > > 3.
		Malah mereka (hostage) makan lebih dari apa yg dimakan oleh Kumpulan Abu sayyaf.
		Re: H-Net* Abu Sayyaf -perspektif lain som siah
	www.mail-archive.com /hizb@hizbi.net/msg13168.html (584 words)

	CNN.com - Abu Sayyaf hostage pleads for life - October 15, 2001
		Sabaya also hinted for the the first time to Abu Sayyaf links with the Al-Qaeda terrorist network led by Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect in the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington.
		The Abu Sayyaf seized the Burnhams, a third American hostage Guillermo Sobero who has since been confirmed dead and 17 Filipino hostages from western Palawan province on May 27.
		Speaking in Filipino after Burnham, Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Sabaya did not deny possible links with the Al-Qaeda terrorist network holed up in Afghanistan, where U.S.-led coalition troops are conducting air strikes.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/10/15/phili.hostages (569 words)

	Pravda.RU:Abu Sayaf only needs to win some time
		According to the rumors, one of the leaders of the gunmen is seriously wounded and he is in need of medical help, which is absolutely impossible to obtain in the jungles of the island of Basilan, where Abu Sayaf has its headquarters.
		As a result, a lot of Abu Sayaf units found themselves in a very difficult situation, so the leaders of the terrorist group offered the government to conclude an armistice.
		Abu Sayaf does not have just a few opportunities to continue its activity.
	newsfromrussia.com /main/2002/03/25/27166_.html (449 words)

	Belmont Club: March 2004
		An Abu Sayaf cell, including a person suspected of beheading American hostage Guillermo Sobero, is now in custody.
		That explains why the direct warnings have emanated from an Al Qaeda affiliate called Abu Hafs al-Masri, the same outfit that claimed the Madrid bombings and which Dan Darling at Regnum Crucis thinks is actually an Islamic PR group based in London.
		The Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade which initially claimed responsibility for the Madrid attacks is thought by Dan Darling to be a public relations front for a variety of Jihadist groups based in London.
	belmontclub.blogspot.com /2004_03_01_belmontclub_archive.html#107921898009995819 (15582 words)

	World Tribune.com: Jordan special forces kill 4 during search for assassin of U.S. envoy
		Officials said the raid was prompted by the assassination of a U.S. diplomat last month and the refusal by community leaders in Ma'an to hand over 50 fugitives in the city.
		The leading fugitive has been identified as Mohammed Chalabi, known as Abu Sayaf.
		Abu Sayaf was injured and escaped in a gun battle with police last month.
	www.worldtribune.com /worldtribune/WTARC/2002/me_jordan_11_11.html (356 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Army 'colluded' with Abu Sayyaf
		No one told us that the Abu Sayyaf was there, even though everyone else, including the local police and our driver, knew that the Abu Sayyaf had entered the town the night before.
		The Abu Sayyaf then escaped out of the back of the church, which was left unguarded.
		The allegations that the Philippines military was in cahoots with the Abu Sayyaf were serious enough to warrant a congressional investigation.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/1792350.stm (1280 words)

	ARCHIVE EDITORIAL
		The hostages were either killed by the retreating Abu Sayaf or they could have been killed in a crossfire or "friendly" fire which unfortunately, is inherent in any war situations.
		Well, these foreign critics are ignorant of the fact that the Abu Sayaf enjoys the protection of the MILF (A muslim organization/guerilla force established for the purpose of carving an independent Muslim state of Mindanao)..
		Well, for the residents here, they believed that the Abu Sayaf, the MILF, and other Muslim guerilla factions are one and the same.
	www.angelfire.com /journal2/nbondoc/ArchiveEditorial.htm (2197 words)

	INQ7 Specials \| Inside the Abu Sayyaf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		ABU SAYYAF, which means father of the sword in Arabic, first crossed the radio airwaves over Basilan and Zamboanga as the call sign of Ustadz Abdurajack Janjalani, a soft-spoken Islamic preacher whose exploits as a mujahideen in Afghanistan had gained him the reverence of Muslim youth.
		She broke a number of stories about them, prompting military intelligence to tag her as the girlfriend or wife of Khaddafy.
		A CHRONOLOGY of the Abu Sayyaf guerrilla group holding some 28 hostages on southern Basilan province, beginning in the mid-1980s when Muslim preacher Ustadz Wahab Akhbar forms a small group of Muslim fundamentals in Basilan who call themselves mujahideen.
	www.inq7.net /specials/inside_abusayyaf (480 words)

	Gordon mulls tapping Sayyaf rebs as tourist guides
		Gordon said Abu Sayyaf members carry out illegal activities, such as kidnapping for ransom, in order to provide for their families.
		One of the most infamous capers of the Abu Sayyaf was the raid on Dos Palmas resort in Palawan on May 27 last year, in which the bandits abducted 20 Filipinos and foreigners, including a US missionary couple.
		Gordon, however, believes that if the Abu Sayyaf have the chance to work legally, they would definitely cease and desist from their kidnapping-for-ransom, beheading, and other unsavory activities.
	www.margarita-station.com /newsletters/gordon.html (360 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Live Online
		Jolo is also an area where kidnapping is very common -- it doesn't have to be Abu Sayaf, but anybody with a gun who wants to auction you off to the highest bidder.
		This is not the first time that there've been allegations of collusion between the Abu Sayaf and military officers.
		I think that the central govt is resolute at trying to bring down groups like Abu Sayaf, but I don't know if the Philippine military on the ground -- local commanders -- have the discipline nor the honesty to effectively deal with Abu Sayaf.
	discuss.washingtonpost.com /zforum/03/r_tv_frontline060603.htm (2840 words)

	\| Victory News Magazine \| The Moro \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Ever since Spain's attempts to conquer the south in the 16th Century, Islam has become the Moro's articulation of their identity as a people, however the Moro and Abu Sayaff are not one and the same.
		What is little understood is that the Abu Sayaff is a splinter group who only number approximately 200 persons who have become pirates and kidnappers.
		The Abu Sayaff is not who are known as The Moro or the traditional owners of the land in the Southern Philippines region.
	www.victorynewsmagazine.com /VictoryNewsMagazine/TheMoro.htm (971 words)

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		U-S defense officials say the number of Abu Sayyaf members has been dramatically reduced since the arrival of American troops in February.
		The Abu Sayaf did not have the support of the Muslim community.
		She notes that Abu Sayyaf no longer holds the two American missionaries who had been kept hostage for the last year.
	www.help-for-you.com /news/Jun2002/scripts/3ddec90b.html (793 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Eyewitness: Philippines' lawless island
		The turquoise waters of Suli Sea, the bright blue sky, the fishing boats on the horizon, the palm trees on the shore, the houses on stilts.
		That is where the Abu Sayyaf are thought to be hiding and the task here is to find these people and root them out.
		We were taken to a local jail to see some of the Abu Sayyaf suspects languishing behind bars.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/asia-pacific/1881391.stm (806 words)

	Abu Sayaff leader applies for witness protection
		On 21 May 2002 USTADZ NOOR MOHAMMAD UMOG alias Abu Hamdi, alias Abu Muslim AI Ghazie one of the leaders of the Ai Harakatul al Islamia (Abu Sayaff Group) was arrested in Cotabato City for the series of bombings in Gen. Santos City in April this year.
		His capture which is a boost to government's anti-terrorism drive was providential because he is also the subject of 50 warrants of arrests for the kidnapping and serious illegal detention of minor school children and the murder/beheading of their teachers and parish priest in Tumahubong and Sinangkapan in Basilan in 1999.
		Having received serious threats because of his extensive knowledge of the Abu Sayaf members conspiracy, he is seeking refuge under the Witness Protection Program.
	www.doj.gov.ph /news_july12.html (259 words)

	Philippine Army Officers Accused of Aiding Muslim Kidnappers - 2001-08-24
		On June 2, Father Nacorda was inside a hospital and church complex in Lamitan where the Abu Sayyaf was holding more than 20 hostages it had kidnapped earlier from a Philippine resort.
		After an intense gun battle with the Abu Sayyaf, embarrassed military leaders declared that the kidnappers had somehow slipped through a cordon of troops and escaped with the hostages.
		The Abu Sayyaf, which claims to be fighting for a Muslim homeland in the southern Philippines, is believed to be still holding up to 20 hostages in the jungles of Basilan island.
	www.voanews.com /english/archive/2001-08/a-2001-08-24-33-Philippine.cfm (412 words)

	Sioux City Journal: Relatives bury slain Muslim detainees; Philippine police brace for terror attacks
		Among the slain detainees were three prominent commanders of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayaf who authorities said led the 29-hour standoff that ended when police special forces stormed the jail in Camp Bagong Diwa in a hail of gunfire on Tuesday.
		Among the slain detainees were prominent Abu Sayyaf commanders Alhamzer Manatad Limbong, known as Kosovo; Ghalib Andang, known as Commander Robot; and Nadzmie Sabtulah, alias Commander Global.
		Limbong allegedly was involved in the Abu Sayyaf kidnapping of 20 people, including three Americans, from a resort in 2001.
	www.siouxcityjournal.com /articles/2005/03/16/news/latest_news/406eb311a516f28c86256fc60020102a.txt (773 words)

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