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| Southeast Asia |
| Jullabi faces kidnap, murder raps |
| 2002-07-08 |
| Because he has âcoddledâ Abu Sayyaf members and has been âconstantly in touchâ with the bandit groupâs leaders, the Southern Command is set to file kidnapping and murder charges against former Moro Islamic Liberation spokesman Ustadz Shariff Jullabi. âIf weâre able to establish that heâs the spokesman of the Abu Sayyaf, then he is an accessory to the crimes of the Abu Sayyaf,â said Southcom chief Maj. Gen. Ernesto Carolina. Jullabi admitted having maintained âcontactsâ with Sulu-based Abu Sayyaf leader Radulan Sahiron. Jullabi had facilitated the June 29 release of a fish trader kidnapped for nine months off the coast of Tawi-Tawi by the group of Radulan Sahiron. Carolina said Jullabi has misled them several times. âWe are collecting evidence for appropriate charges,â he pointed out. In other words, he's a lying sonofabitch who cuddles up with gun-totin' tough guys... In an interview, Jullabi, however, said the military misinterpreted his actions. He said the military sought his assistance to influence the Abu Sayyaf to work for the release of some kidnap victims. Jullabi last week established the Maguindanao Islamic LiÂberation Front after he was angered by a June 24 MILF central committee order to desist from holding media interviews. He accused the groupâs Maguindanao leaders of monopolizing power. Jullabi, a classmate of MILF chairman Hashim Salamat duÂring university days in Cairo, bewailed that his former comrade was being âcontrolled by opportunists.â Ah, yes. Their old college days in Cairo. They were obviously very well-educated there, by golly. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |