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• Abu Sayyaf beheads abducted Sulu school official – military

  
  Pinoy News and Blogosphere Buzz — Authority: 428
  MANILA – Suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf militant group beheaded a public school principal whom they abducted less than a month ago on the island province of Sulu in war-torn Mindanao
  17 hours ago

• Abus behead Sulu principal

  
  Pinoyweb — Authority: 135
  MANILA, Philippines – Abu Sayyaf bandits have beheaded a public school principal kidnapped last month in Patikul, Sulu, the military reported yesterday. Maj. David Hontiveros, spokesman for the military’s Western Mindanao Command, said the severed head of Gabriel Canizares, 36, a resident of Lower San Raymundo ...
  20 hours ago

• World Briefing | Asia: The Philippines: Captive Is Beheaded

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  Muslim militants beheaded a school principal on a remote southern island in the Philippines after holding him for ransom for three weeks, a marine general said.
  22 hours ago

• National Disquiet: A Beheading In Sulu, A Standoff Over LPG, And Oil Supplies Dwindling (Retitled, Updated)

  
  At Midfield — Authority: 130
  Filipinos are being held hostage by two totally unrelated crises: the demonic Moro rebels holding court in the jungle fastnesses of Jolo, where they’ve just beheaded a hapless school principal, and the face-off between LPG retailers and  oil companies battling Malacanang’s order putting price caps on petroleum ...
  1 day ago

• National Disquiet: A Beheading In Sulu Plus A Standoff Over LPG

  
  At Midfield — Authority: 130
  Filipinos are being held hostage by two totally unrelated crises: the demonic Moro rebels holding court in the jungle fastnesses of Jolo, where they’ve just beheaded a hapless school principal, and the face-off between LPG retailers and  oil companies battling Malacanang’s order putting price caps on petroleum ...
  1 day ago

• Kidnapped school principal beheaded in Jolo

  
  Pinoyweb — Authority: 135
  MANILA – A school principal who was kidnapped by suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits in Patikul, Sulu was found beheaded Monday morning in Jolo Island. Police recovered the head of school principal Gabriel Canizares, principal of Kanague Elementary School in Patikul, beside a gasoline station on Jolo at 6:30 a.m. ...
  1 day ago

• Five militants killed in Philippines

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Manila, Nov 3 (IANS) Five Islamic militants, including a rebel commander, were killed in fighting with the security forces in the southern Philippines Tuesday, officials said.The militants belonged to the Abu Sayyaf group that is linked to the Al Qaeda terrorist network, Xinhua reported, quoting the military.The ...
  1 week ago

• 5 gunmen killed in Basilan clash

  
  The Mindanao Examiner — Authority: 141
  ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / November 3, 2009) – Government forces clashed with Abu Sayyaf militants on Tuesday and killing five gunmen, including their leader, in the largely Muslim province of Basilan, south of the Philippines, officials said. Marine Major Ramon David Hontiveros, a regional ...
  1 week ago

• Learning Diplomacy and Strategy from Travian, Part III

  
  The Grey Chronicles — Authority: 425
  Continued from yesterday’s post , which relates the way online war-gamers deal with diplomacy between real people through in-game messaging. Previously, I narrated the events about the attack on my Travian village from someone belonging to one of the big Speed Server Alliances.
  1 week ago

• Abu Sayyaf bandits seize school principal – Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines

  
  tropicalpenpals.com — Authority: 125
  Written by Bong Garcia Jr. / Correspondent Tuesday, 20 October 2009 22:24 ZAMBOANGA CITY—Heavily armed men believed to be members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf on Monday afternoon seized a public-school principal.The principal’s kidnapping happened barely a week after an Irish missionary priest was abducted in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Troops foil bridge bombing, but communication relay tower also blasted in Southern Philippines

  
  The Mindanao Examiner — Authority: 141
  ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / October 20, 2009) – Troops foiled the bombing of another bridge in the Muslim autonomous province of Sulu in the southern Philippines, but rebels also blasted a communication relay tower and cutting off vital mobile phone services in the area, officials said. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sayyaf, MNLF palaban pa rin sa militar

  
  The Mindanao Examiner — Authority: 141
  ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / October 18, 2009) – Sa kabila ng pagmamalaki ng militar na nadaig na nito ang Abu Sayyaf ay patuloy naman sa paghasik ng karahasan ang nasabing grupo sa lalawigan ng Sulu. Maging ang Moro National Liberation Front ay nakikipaglaban na rin sa militar dahil sa paglulunsad ng mga ...
  3 weeks ago

• Jolo: Abu Sayyaf bomb bride and cell phone tower

  
  Mike in Manila — Authority: 134
  Abu Sayyaf militants, bombed two targets in Sulu Province Thursday. The first was a telecommunications cell phone relay tower as well as a bridge that leads to a military base in a string of attacks showing increased activity by the terrorist group. Meanwhile, Philippine troops killed three suspected Abu Sayyaf ...
  3 weeks ago

• Manila seeks help to find priest

  
  tropicalpenpals.com — Authority: 125
  Original article by the BBCFather Sinnott has spent over 40 years helping various Filipino communitiesThe Philippines has asked the country’s largest Muslim separatist group to help find and free a kidnapped Irish priest.Reports say Michael Sinnott was seized by gunmen in Zamboanga then put on a speedboat and taken ...
  3 weeks ago

• Irish Missionary kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf Group

  
  Pinoy Observer — Authority: 123
  Kidnapped Irish priest Fr. Michael Sinnott As if the twin typhoons are not enough to damage the country, here comes another one: another foreigner has been kidnapped by the dreaded terror squad, the Abu Sayyaf Group. Catholic priest Fr. Michael Sinnott, 79 years old, was snatched by seven heavily armed men, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Irish Priest Seized In Mindanao [No Comment From Peace Prize Recipient So Far]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  Irish Priest Seized In Mindanao An Irish priest has been seized by gunmen in the troubled southern Philippines, local police say. They say six attackers, said to be Islamic militants, took Father Michael Sinnott, 78, at gunpoint in Pagadian City, on Mindanao island. They then fled with the priest in a minivan before ...
  4 weeks ago

• Sayyaf militant arrested in Zamboanga City

  
  The Mindanao Examiner — Authority: 141
  ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 16, 2009) – Security forces have arrested an Abu Sayyaf militant in the southern Philippines port city of Zamboanga, officials said on Wednesday. Major Ramon David Hontiveros, a spokesman for the military’s Western Mindanao Command, said a joint team of ...
  7 weeks ago

• US troops fired upon civilians after Jolo Blast?

  
  New Philippine Revolution — Authority: 135
  An improvised explosive device (or some believe to be a grenade) exploded at the Jolo wharf today, while US troops were reportedly unloading equipment from a boat. Major Ramon David Hontiveros, spokesman for the Philippine militarys Western Mindanao command said the blast occurred late Monday. Hontiveros denied ...
  8 weeks ago

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