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Southeast Asia

Toe tag for top Abu Sayyaf militant

2007-12-16

Philippine troops killed a senior Islamic militant wanted by the United States after they raided his safe house in the restive south of the archipelago, officials said on Sunday.

Mobin Abdurajak, a leader of the Abu Sayyaf group, was wanted for kidnapping 21 people from the Malaysian resort island of Sipadan in 2000. The victims were freed after a ransom was paid. "The neutralization of Abdurajak is part of our campaign to eliminate the Abu Sayyaf terrorists," regional navy chief Rear Admiral Emilio Marayag said.

Navy officers and marines swooped on Abdurajak's hideout in Tawi-Tawi, the southernmost tip of the Philippines, on Saturday night. He was killed in the firefight. The United States had offered $20,000 for the arrest of the militant, a brother-in-law of Abu Sayyaf chief Khadaffy Janjalani who was killed in a clash with the military last year.

Posted by:Seafarious

#9 Tamil Tigers, inventors of the suicide bomber.

Posted by: trailing wife 2007-12-16 22:15

#8 McVeigh and Nichols weren't Muslims but they cooperated with them in the Philippines. Same could be said of South American and African terrorists.

Posted by: Danielle 2007-12-16 20:59

#7 SPOD, i'm not disagreeing with you but tim mcveigh and terry nichols weren't muslims

Posted by: sinse 2007-12-16 18:34

#6 Pappy makes an excellent point also..
hence my selection of the Three faces of Islam section.

Posted by: RD 2007-12-16 10:41

#5 #3 Isn't Islamic terrorist a redundant statement?

Boy howdy there is obviously a bit of confusion on the content of their holy script if one group is picking up body parts in the streets and calling for a truce and the other is scrounging c-4 and nails for their next escapade.

The Three Faces of Islam Spod!

Well said SPOD, in fact Ima gonna lift it for later..:)

Posted by: RD 2007-12-16 10:36

#4 Name ONE I tell you name ONE terrorist out there that isn't a moslem.

There's a whole bunch in South America, Central Africa, and in Japan. Not to mention animal-liberation and radical environmentalists in the US.

Posted by: Pappy 2007-12-16 10:27

#3 Isn't Islamic terrorist a redundant statement?
Name ONE I tell you name ONE terrorist out there that isn't a moslem.
Boy howdy there is obviously a bit of confusion on the content of their holy script if one group is picking up body parts in the streets and calling for a truce and the other is scrounging c-4 and nails for their next escapade.

Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2007-12-16 09:23

#2 Hurrah! A well done swoop.

Posted by: trailing wife 2007-12-16 08:21

#1 Heh there be those two woids again--> ~~"Islamic militant"~~<--strike that, them three woids-->"Dead Islamic Milliant"<--! :)
[/heart, cockles warm]

Posted by: RD 2007-12-16 07:26

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