| Submit your comments on this article |
| Southeast Asia |
| Swiss Birdwatcher Escapes Islamist Captors In Philippines |
| 2014-12-07 |
| [IsraelTimes] A Swiss man kidnapped by Islamic holy warriors in the Philippines nearly three years ago escaped on Saturday after a fierce struggle with one of his captors over a machete and a frantic run to freedom under gunfire, the military said. Lorenzo Vinciguerra took advantage of a pre-dawn assault by soldiers on his 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... abductors in the jungles of a remote southern island to make his bold escape, the local military spokeswoman told AFP. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 The shitbirds who snared this Swiss birder Have learned he was not a converter. If they had reflected, They might have suspected: His name sang of organised murder. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-12-07 17:21 |
| #2 the Italian-speaking Swiss (Svizzeri italiani), traditionally speakers of Lombard language (Ticinese variety) today partly assimilated to the standard Italian language, amalgamated from Raetians and Lombards. They are closely related to the Italians (especially Lombards and Piedmontese). |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-12-07 12:53 |
| #1 Swiss birdwatcher Lorenzo Vinciguerra riiiggghhtt |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-12-07 12:25 |