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| Abu Sayyaf leader arrested in Zamboanga |
| 2015-12-25 |
| [MB.PH] A Basilan ...Basilan is a rugged, jungle-covered island in the southern Philippines. It is a known stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf, bandidos, and maybe even orcs. Most people with any sense travel with armed escorts... -based commander of the Abu Sayyaf ...also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya, an Islamist terror group based in Jolo, Basilan and Zamboanga. Since its inception in the early 1990s, the group has carried out bombings, kidnappings, murders, head choppings, and extortion in their uniquely Islamic attempt to set up an independent Moslem province in the Philippines. Abu Sayyaf forces probably number less than 300 cadres. The group is closely allied with remnants of Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiya and has loose ties with MILF and MNLF who sometimes provide cannon fodder... Group (ASG) and his security escort were apprehended by a composite police and military team at a local wharf in this city Wednesday morning, a few minutes after the bandit leader disembarked from a ferry boat. Zamboanga City Police Director Sr. Supt. Angelito Casimiro yesterday identified the tossed in the slammer Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! ASG leader and his escort as Commander Suhod and Abu Haris, respectively. The two were arrested at around 8 a.m. Wednesday, minutes after they disembarked from M/V Anika, a ferry boat serving the Zamboanga City -- Isabela City, Basilan route. Casimiro said Commander Suhod was one of the leaders involved in the kidnapping of the employees of the Golden Harvest Farm in Basilan province few years ago. The arrested men are now in jug of the Philippine National Police-Anti-Kidnapping Group for proper processing. Casimiro said the arrest of Suhod was a result of an information they received from their informant, who tipped them on the arrival of Suhod in this city. |
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