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| Southeast Asia |
| Filippino marines capture 7 Abu Sayyaf |
| 2005-09-27 |
| Philippine marine commandos captured seven suspected Islamic militants last week in a raid on a remote island along the maritime border with Malaysia, a navy spokesman said on Monday. The Abu Sayyaf, a small radical group with suspected links to al Qaeda and Indonesian terror network Jemaah Islamiah, has strongholds in the southwestern Philippines and has been blamed for cross-border kidnappings in the area. "We caught them by complete surprise," said Captain Geronimo Malabanan, the navy spokesman. "They did not offer any resistance. They were brought to a navy base for interrogation". He said one of the seven arrested militants was identified as Jundan Jamalul, alias commander "Black Killer", who was suspected of involvement in a string of kidnapping, murder and extortion cases. More than a dozen small guns were also seized in the raid on the island in the Tawi-Tawi chain, Malabanan said. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 let's keep them in a LOCKED jail cell out of reach of bribeable/sympathetic officers, k? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-09-27 19:33 |