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| Abu Sayyaf mangled his arm but not his determination |
| 2017-09-24 |
| By Sharyl Attkisson [The Hill] General Lito Sobejana's arm was shot to pieces by an AK-47 in a firefight the Abu Sayyaf nearly twenty years ago. He had led an operation that hunted down and killed the group's founder Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani. “Right there, that’s where it happened,” Sobejana tells me as he gestures toward the island of Basilan. The arm was saved only because the U.S. flew him to Hawaii where he received the best medical treatment. He’s also been shot in the leg. For his bravery, he’s received the Philippine military’s the highest award: a medal of valor. |
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