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| Southeast Asia |
| Abu Sayyaf Big ran off with the ransom dough... |
| 2002-05-27 |
| Bob Ballard points to this gem of inspiration: Abu Sayyaf leader Aldam Tilao alias Abu Sabaya is now being hunted by his own men after he ran away with ransom money, the military said yesterday. A highly placed source in the intelligence community who was involved in the military’s search and rescue operations for three remaining Abu Sayyaf hostages said Sabaya fled the island-province of Basilan and went into hiding in the Zamboanga peninsula. The source said Sabaya had only six close-in Y'mean he grabbed the dough and ran? But that's... that's... that's dishonest! "He has lost credibility after he reportedly hoodwinked his peers and ran away with the partial payment of ransom," the source said. Could be he didn't expect them to survive too long... Lt. Col. Fredesvindo Covarrubias, civil relations group chief of the military’s Southern Command based in Zamboanga City, also confirmed that Sabaya was being tracked down by his former comrades and followers. "For his betrayal, he earned the ire of the remaining Abu Sayyaf group," Covarrubias said. This sounds like the opening scene from a really bad movie starting an up-tight white guy and a wise-cracking black guy, with lots of car chases and explosions. Y'see, Aldam needs this operation, because he's been really sick, and his pal Sonny got captured by the cops... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |