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| Manila rejects Abu Sayyaf offer to negotiate |
| 2002-09-20 |
| The Abu Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom group has asked the military to stop their operation and give time to talk about the release of the remaining 7 hostages still in their custody. But the military refused saying that it is a ploy of the kidnappers in order to escape. The Abu Sayyaf is demanding for 5 million pesos of ransom money for the release of their hostages namely Jehovah's Witnesses' Cleofe Montulo, Florida Montulo, Emily Mantic, Norie Bendijo, and Indonesians Muntu Winowatan, Jul Kipli and Pieter Lerrich. In rejecting the call, the Philippines defence secretary Angelo Reyes was quoted as saying that negotiation is nothing but tactic to delay. Unless they wipe out each and every one of the Abu Sayyaf thugs, they're going to keep coming back and doing the very same thing, over and over and over again... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |