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| Southeast Asia |
| Janjalani aide captured |
| 2005-02-11 |
| The alleged right hand man of Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khadaffy Janjalani in the 2000 kidnapping of an American national, fell into the hands of the government. Omar Usman Jimlani alias Abu Usman and Ustadz Asman was presented to reporters on Friday by Air Force chief Lieutenant General Jose Reyes. Reyes said Jimlani was arrested by joint elements of the Air Force Intelligence Unit and the police Provincial Mobile Group during an operation in Sitio Lumantik in Payao town, Zamboanga Sibugay here on February 1. Reyes said Jimlani was the right hand man of Janjalani and was involved in the June 2, 2001 raid on the Don Jose Torres Memorial Hospital in Lamitan, Basilan and the kidnapping of American Jeffrey Schilling in Indanan, Sulu and the attack on Ipil on April 4, 1996. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |