WatsAp (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines-An American serviceman reportedly escaped unhurt after Abu Sayyaf rebels ambushed a Philippine Marine convoy in Patikul, Sulu, killing five Filipino troopers and wounding 10 others. 4 Vote(s)
Hunt of the Sea Wolves (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Mindanao Examiner: The Philippine military launched a “calibrated” offensive against Abu Sayyaf militants following an attack that killed four Filipino soldiers and wounded ten more in the southern island of Sulu, officials said. US soldiers were in the military convoy when militants attacked them with mortars and automatic weapons near a marine base in the village of [...]
Hunt of the Sea Wolves (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
... No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but the town is a known lair of the militant group Abu Sayyaf, blamed for previous attacks on soldiers and civilians. Batara said the gunmen used small weapons and mortars in attacking the soldiers. “We suspect the Abu Sayyaf was involved in the attack,” Batara said, adding, an undetermined number of gunmen were believed killed or wounded...
WatsAp (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
DIGOS CITY, Philippines -The improvised explosive device appeared to have the signature of an extortion gang suspected to have links with the dreaded Abu Sayyaf bandit group. 3 Vote(s)
People Daily (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
Four navy soldiers were killed and 10 others were hurt in an ambush initiated by suspected members of Abu Sayyaf group in southern Philippines early Saturday, local media reported. Citing information from the Western Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, local news network ABS-CBN News said bandits fired mortars towards military headquarters in Patikul town for ten minutes...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
... in the Philippines.Filipino and Western anti-terrorism officials have linked the movement to the Abu Sayyaf group and Jemaah Islamiyah, the Southeast Asian terror network that Western and Asian intelligence agencies have tied to Al Qaeda.Ricardo Blancaflor, spokesman for the Philippine Anti-Terrorism Council, announced Lavilla's arrest and deportation and described the arrest as a "big boost"...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
... Four soldiers were killed and 10 others were wounded after suspected members of the Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf bandit group ambushed a Marine convoy in Patikul, Sulu, Saturday morning. abs-cbnNEWS.com (8/30/2008 10:06:23 AM) The families of the nine officers and crew of the ill-fated C130 military transport plane which crashed last Monday gather at the air base in Mactan every day to get information...
