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	Sulu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sulu's area is 1,600.4 kilometers square, and is 15th of the largest islands of the Philippine Archipelago, in terms of the area.
		Sulu is a part of the Sulu Archipelago, which is near the island of Borneo.
		Sulu although a small island was regarded by the Spanish Conquistadors of the past as one of its strongest enemy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sulu (316 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Sulu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Sulu is an island province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
		Its capital is Jolo and occupies the middle group of islands of the Sulu Archipelago, between Basilan and Tawi-Tawi.
		Once ruled by a Sultan, a 1703 treaty between him and the Sultan of Brunei granted the modern Malaysian region of Sabah to the Sultan of Sulu.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Sulu (2275 words)

	Sulu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Its capital is Jolo, SuluJolo and occupies the middle group of islands of the Sulu Archipelago, between Basilan and Tawi-Tawi.
		ABS CBN News5 Abu Sayyaf militants captured in Sulu townSun.Star, Philippines - 19 hours agoZAMBOANGA CITY -- Soldiers clashed Wednesday with Abu Sayyaf militants in the outskirts of Patikul town in Sulu and arrested five members of the group, the...
		George "Sulu" Takei will replace Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who was indicted by a grand jury in the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame to the media.
	www.33beat.com /Sulu.html (383 words)

	June 2005 Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Although armed conflict was re-ignited in Sulu in February 2005, the area where the DPIS program is being conducted remained free of armed conflict and terrorism.
		The strategic Sulu province, consisting of 150 islands, is located near the maritime borders of Malaysia and Indonesia.
		Patikul, is an area of devastating poverty, endemic violence and the birthplace of Abu Sayyaf founders and leaders.
	www.asiaamerica.org /gallery/June_2005.html (1122 words)

	Bulatlat - The Philippines's alternative weekly magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The massacre, killing of a father and his son, mosque strafing, and mortar shelling of a community all happened in a week's time.
		Tulawie cited that the parents of the wounded children brought the victims to the military hospital but were allegedly told by military officials not to report the incident to the authorities.
		Sulu Rep. Hussin Amin, the committee chair, led the inquiry and Bayan Muna Reps. Satur Ocampo and Joel Virador, who are committee members, participated.
	www.bulatlat.com /news/6-1/6-1-jolo.htm (1011 words)

	Gov.ph - Defense
		Patikul is the next municipality after Jolo and is about seven kilometers away.
		Patikul Mayor Ismulatip Suhuri and other town officials were on hand to bid Gen. Alliaga a fond farewell and welcomed Col. Sabban.
		Sulu Governor Benjamin T. Loong and some other provincial officials were also present during the occasion.
	www.gov.ph /cat_defense/newscontent.asp?newsid=8439 (271 words)

	Manila Bulletin Online
		Reports relayed by the Sulu PNP Provincial Office to Camp Crame said the victims were sleeping inside three houses at Sitio Palar, Barangay Liang, Patikul, Sulu when the armed men strafed the houses with high powered firearms at about 1:30 a.m.
		Elements of the Patikul Municipal Police Station were dispatched to hunt the suspects.
		Ropeta traced the causes of the current hostilities in Sulu to the two clashes that erupted in Sulu on February and November last year.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2006/02/04/MAIN2006020455483.html (592 words)

	Marine slain in Sulu clash vs Abus - Sept. 06, 2003
		Marine slain in Sulu clash vs Abus - Sept. 06, 2003
		ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A Marine soldier was killed when government troopers clashed with heavily armed Abu Sayyaf gunmen in Patikul, Sulu, early Thursday morning, the military said Friday.
		At least two members of Sahiron's group were captured during a military operation at a beach resort in General Santos City, he said.
	www.inq7.net /brk/2003/sep/06/brkoth_1-1.htm (239 words)

	Peace Mediation January 2006
		Absence of light and ventilation, bamboo walls, leaking roofs and mud floors of classroom at Don Jose Golindez Elementary School in Patikul, Sulu.
		Enthusiastic students in courtyard of the overcrowded Don Jose Golindez Elementary School in Patikul, Sulu join their parents in greeting AAI Director Santoli.
		In addition, AAI responded to an appeal by the parents of the 1,200 students at Don Jose Golindez Elementary School, where classrooms consist of bamboo walls with mud floors, which flood during the current rainy season as the newest member of the DPIS model public schools.
	www.asiaamerica.org /gallery/january_2006.html (650 words)

	:: Malaya - The National Newspaper :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		SIX people including an eight-month-old infant were killed and four others injured when unidentified gunmen strafed their houses in Patikul, Sulu early yesterday.
		Reports from the PNP Central Operations Center said residents of Sitio Palar, Barangay Liang in Patikul were sound asleep when the suspects armed with automatic firearms suddenly opened fire at around 1 a.m.
		6 killed in strafing of Patikul, Sulu village
	www.malaya.com.ph /Feb04/metro4.htm (180 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Authorities said a clan war may have caused the strafing of a Muslim community in Patikul, Sulu, killing six civilians including an eight-month-old baby early Friday.
		Virador and Ocampo are currently in Sulu for the ongoing public hearing on the GRP-MILF peace process of the Special Committee on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity.
		The lawmakers said the spate of violence may be part of the rundown to the impending arrival of US troops in Sulu later this month.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=28985 (1468 words)

	INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		PATIKUL, Sulu—They were used to violence but the sight of the bullet-riddled body of a baby girl lying on top of her equally dead mother was too much and the residents could not help but cry.
		The mother and child were among six people killed in Barangay Liang in Patikul early dawn yesterday in the latest upsurge of violence in Sulu, where Muslim rebels, terrorists and criminal gangs roam, and family feuds are settled with guns.
		Unlicensed firearms are easy to obtain in the Sulu area.
	beta.inq7.net /express/html_output/20060204-65077.xml.html (870 words)

	:: Malaya - The National Newspaper :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Senior Supt. Ahiron Ajirim, Sulu police director, said investigators found an extortion letter addressed to the Sulu Consumers Inc. in a nearby drugstore minutes before the explosion at 1:15 p.m.
		The explosion ripped through the first floor of the Sulu Consumers which was owned by the Notre Dame of Jolo College of Administration on Sanchez street, Barangay Walled City in Jolo, Sulu.
		Eng Ahaddi Sabturaji, a member of a Marine unit based at Barangay Buhanginan, Patikul, Sulu, according to Senior Supt. Akmad Mamalinta, ARMM police director.
	www.malaya.com.ph /mar29/news8.htm (440 words)

	News Summaries on US-RP Military Agreements and Exercises, January-February 2003
		The terms for the Sulu exercise would be similar to the TOR for the maneuvers last year on nearby Basilan island, he said.
		Reyes said that among the issues to be threshed out are the duration of the war games, the number of troops to be involved and their specific activities.
		Both Manila and Washington are studying the possibility of deploying US special forces in Jolo, Sulu where they might be exposed to greater risk of clashes with the Islamic kidnap gang.
	www.philsol.nl /news/03/USMilitary01-jan03.htm (2985 words)

	ABUS BEHEAD 2 CAPTIVES, DUMP HEADS IN SULU PUBLIC MARKET
		President Arroyo condemned the beheading and dispatched Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes and Armed Forces chief Gen. Roy Cimatu to Sulu to oversee the rescue operations mounted by the military and police.
		The Army’s 4th Scout Ranger battalion was deployed to Patikul to augment three regular battalions of the Army’s 104th Brigade based in Sulu.
		Meanwhile, the family of three of the victims appealed to the military yesterday to stop their present offensive to secure the lives of the hostages and called on the terrorist group to release the victims who cannot afford to pay any ransom.
	www.newsflash.org /2002/08/hl/hl016342.htm (1001 words)

	Marine, Abu Sayyaf bandits slain in clash - Jun. 06, 2003
		At least one Marine was killed and 11 others wounded during the encounter on Mt. Bagsak in Patikul that ended at 5 p.m.
		The slain soldier was identified as T/Sgt. Joselito Molacruz.
		Allaga said he believed they encountered the main Abu Sayyaf group in Sulu as the firefight would not have been as intense if there were only a few of them.
	www.inq7.net /nat/2003/jun/06/nat_6-1.htm (512 words)

	http://www.bangsamoro.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		DAVAO CITY -- Sulu citizens can now expect "tremendous improvements" in government service as 80 employees of the Sulu provincial government graduated on Thursday, July 28, from the five-month Public Service Excellence, Ethics and Accountability Program (PSEEAP).
		Sulu Governor Ben Loong and Steven Rood, country representative of The Asia Foundation, will attend the graduation rites at the Tabang Sulu building in Patikul, Sulu.
		The PSEAAP is a technical assistance of The Asia Foundation for the Provincial Government of Sulu under the Transparent and Accountable Governance Project with funding from the United States Agency for International Development.
	bangsamoro.com /news/080605_b.php?PHPSESSID=e62bf3b6a589fd128ea7de1f... (485 words)

	Asia Finest Discussion Forum > Angry SOUTHCOM chief signals Sulu war far from ove
		Villanueva was the commander of the 53rd Infantry Battalion and had been evacuated from Panamao town to the Asturias Hospital in barangay Busbos, Jolo, Sulu.
		Braganza visited Sulu on Thursday to oversee the ongoing offensive and met with provincial crisis management committee chairman Gov. Benjamin Loong.
		He said the rebels had asked for a cease-fire after the arrival of more troops in Sulu, where at least six battalions are now deployed to run after the 800-man force of the bandits and Misuari allies.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t29679.html (582 words)

	Bayan Muna » Blog Archive » HOUSE RESOLUTION 1114: Investigate the strafing of a mosque in Sulu last ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Maubok, Patikul, Sulu shortly after they have just finished their evening prayers.
		WHEREAS residents believe that the assailants are elements of the Philippine Marines who retaliated because of the killing of one of their own in Brgy.
		WHEREAS Sulu’s history is replete with war and bloodshed in defense against “invaders”.
	www.bayanmuna.net /?p=174 (663 words)

	Manila Standard: The Future is Ours
		ZAMBOANGA CITY — The nephew of a Sulu-based Abu Sayyaf leader holding captive four female preachers of Jehovah’s Witnesses was reportedly killed in an encounter with soldiers in Patikul, Sulu Sunday.
		He said six battalions, made up of two Army brigades and a Marine brigade from General Santos City, were continuing operations against the bandits in Sulu.
		Muin, nephew of Radullan Sahiron and one of the masterminds in the kidnapping of 21 foreigners in Sipadan, Malaysia more than two years ago, spearheaded the abduction of six preachers of Jehova’s Witnesses, who were caught selling cosmetics in Patikul.
	www.manilastandardtoday.com /?page=police01_sept10_2002 (280 words)

	Manila Standard: The Future is Ours
		ZAMBOANGA CITY — At least nine soldiers were killed and 13 injured in a clash between soldiers and around 200 Abu Sayyaf bandits holding four women hostage in Patikul, Sulu yesterday.
		The operation is part of Oplan Endgame, a campaign launched by outgoing Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Roy Cimatu to rescue the hostages and crush the bandits.
		Soldiers of the 55th Infantry Battalion found a 100-square meter camp, concealed by thick vegetation and coconut trunks, that could accommodate 80 people.
	www.manilastandardtoday.com /?page=news03_sept07_2002 (238 words)

	Copycat gangs target ordinary folk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		ZAMBOANGA CITY—More and more criminals are copying the Abu Sayyaf group in Sulu to cash in on the rebels' recent success in collecting ransoms.
		Three such workers were seized on Tuesday morning in Patikul, Sulu, and a ransom of 1.5 million pesos (S$60,000) was demanded from their employer—half a million pesos for each—reported the Philippine daily paper, Today.
		A handwritten letter from gang leaders Muin Sahiron and Adam Julhan to Hadjirul Mandangan, the owner of Mandangan Merchandising and Construction Inc, said they are holding his employees Samuel Ramillano, a driver, and Reynante de la Cruz and Nelson Habibas, truck helpers.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/54a/256.html (361 words)

	Balita - Linking Filipinos worldwide with news since 1994
		Five, including an infant, died while four others were wounded in an attack by gunmen Friday dawn in a remote village of Sulu province.
		The military had so far strengthened the security in Sulu as it is barely three days, the Civil-Military Operations focused Balikatan 2006 kicks off Monday.
		Some 250 to 300 US soldiers will be stationed in Sulu from February 6 to March 6 for the Balikatan 2006.
	news.balita.ph /html/article.php/20060203173128611 (838 words)

	NEGOTIATOR ENTERS LAIR OF KIDNAPPERS
		Though the time has run out for negotiating the release of four female Jehovah’s Witness evangelists held hostage by bandits in Patikul, Sulu, the captives’ families are asking the military to extend the five-day deadline it set for the talks.
		In Sulu, the sentiments about the military operation are the same.
		Ricciardone said the donations of medicines and medical supplies are part of the "humanitarian assistance" provided to the people of Sulu by American NGOs and other private sector groups responding to the calls for help in distressed areas of the world.
	www.newsflash.org /2002/08/ht/ht002802.htm (1600 words)

	Death awaits U.S. soldiers, Muslim leaders in Sulu warn. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Gov. Parouk Hussin of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao shared the same view, saying the people of Sulu "have not forgotten their horrible experience" under the American soldiers.
		He said the people of Sulu had a deep-seated historical animosity against the Americans.
		Philippine military officers warned that the fight in Jolo, Sulu would be much harder than last year's operation in Basilan.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/851283/posts (1424 words)

	:: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
		By ED MAHILUM and AP Philippine Marines killed at least seven members of the Abu Sayyaf in a 30-minute gunbattle yesterday morning in Patikul, Sulu, a military spokesman said.
		Commander Mihadon, along with another Abu Sayyaf commander who was killed in the encounter, was allegedly involved in the kidnapping of 21 tourists and workers from the Malaysian resort of Sipadan in 2000.
		Colonel Juancho Sabban, 3rd Marine Brigade commander, said that their forces in Sulu have already occupied some of Abu Sayyaf lairs in Patikul as aggressive operations are ongoing.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/05/15/MTNN2005051534749.html (331 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The incident, which left two MNLF members killed and an undetermined number of gunmen wounded, is a new development in Mindanoa where the MNLF and the Filipino government signed a truce for peace.
		Reports from Sulu disclosed that another troop from the same army battalion tried to reinforce and rescue the wounded soldiers later in the afternoon but failed after 30 MNLF members stopped them.
		The military recovered all its wounded troopers late in the afternoon and were immediately brought to Camp Asturias Hospital based in Jolo, the capital of Sulu.
	www.islamonline.net /english/news/2000-12/06/article5.shtml (602 words)

	BAYAN MUNA CALLS FOR JUSTICE TO SULU MASSACRE VICTIMS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		We condemn the latest massacre of civilians in the strife-torn province of Sulu allegedly perpetrated by military agents to derail Congressional initiatives in the peace process between the government and our Muslim brothers.
		The following were injured when armed men opened fire at three houses in a housing project of the Roman Catholic church’s Vicariate of Sulu in Patikul town: Jason Patenga (4), Susan Patenga (11), Alkamar Patenga (3), Jennifer Fontanilla (22), and Lucrecia Casipong (53).
		More violence and human rights abuses in poor Muslim villages such as those in Patikul, Sulu will happen elsewhere in Mindanao with the presence of these foreign troops.
	www.bangsamoro.com /forum/index.php?topic=177.0 (516 words)

	The Office Of The President - News Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		JOLO, Sulu, June 14 (PNA) - The National Housing Authority (NHA) will undertake a multi-million peso low cost housing project in a 24-hectare lot for police personnel in the province.
		Virgilio Fernandez said the M. Abubakar Consolidated Engineering is now developing a 24-hectare lot located at Anuling, Patikul, Sulu, for the project.
		The site, which is within walking distance from the police headquarters at Camp Asturias, is designed to accommodate rank and file policemen who do not have their own homes.
	www.op.gov.ph /printerfriendly.asp?newsid=10199 (167 words)

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