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| Southeast Asia |
| Sahiron not so captured? |
| 2005-11-06 |
| Philippine police apologized Sunday for reporting that a senior leader of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf rebel group had been arrested in a southern province, saying that operatives only caught a "look-alike". Director General Arturo Lomibao, national police chief, said the reported arrest of Abu Sayyaf leader Radulan Sahiron was part of the "hits and misses" of the "long, tedious and emotional battle" against terrorism. "We apologise for the unintentional oversight, all in a day's work, if we may add," he said in a statement. "But the incident highlights key important elements in the government's fight against terrorism. One, the war on terror is personal and passionate." "Two, the war on terror is continuing and sustained," he added. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |