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Looks like the U.S. wants Abu and group pretty bad.Anybody want to be a hero and join me in the hunt for these terrorists?......ha......just joking,but it sure would be nice to claim that 5 million
From Philippines Today:
MANILA, May 29 -- The United States set up a hotline and offered a reward of up to $5 million today for the capture of leaders of the Abu Sayyaf, the group that has held an American couple hostage for a year.
U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardone said the reward is for any or all of five leaders of the group, including Abu Sabaya, who is accused of organizing a raid in which the group kidnapped three Americans and 17 Filipinos. One American was later beheaded.
The Muslim extremist group, which has been linked to the al Qaeda terrorist network, is notorious for beheading hostages and captive soldiers, and sometimes filming the murders.
Ricciardone appealed for anyone with information on the group to call an embassy hotline or a toll-free number in the United States (800-877-3927). He said the size of any reward would be decided by a U.S. committee.
"We believe that ordinary citizens of the Philippines and elsewhere may have the information that can help bring the Abu Sayyaf terrorists to justice," the ambassador said.
The five Abu Sayyaf leaders, including Isnilon Hapilon (alias Abu Musab), Abu Solaiman, Hamsiraji Marusi Sali and Gaddafi Janjalani, have been the objects of a $100,000 Filipino government reward for nearly a year.
Weeks after the raid on the beach resort, in May 2001, the Abu Sayyaf beheaded Guillermo Sobero of Corona, Calif. They still hold a missionary couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham of Wichita.
[Sabaya promised on Thursday to free a local nurse held by his group for almost a year, the Reuters news agency reported. He made no mention of the Burnhams.]
Looks like the U.S. wants Abu and group pretty bad.Anybody want to be a hero and join me in the hunt for these terrorists?......ha......just joking,but it sure would be nice to claim that 5 million
From Philippines Today:
MANILA, May 29 -- The United States set up a hotline and offered a reward of up to $5 million today for the capture of leaders of the Abu Sayyaf, the group that has held an American couple hostage for a year.
U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardone said the reward is for any or all of five leaders of the group, including Abu Sabaya, who is accused of organizing a raid in which the group kidnapped three Americans and 17 Filipinos. One American was later beheaded.
The Muslim extremist group, which has been linked to the al Qaeda terrorist network, is notorious for beheading hostages and captive soldiers, and sometimes filming the murders.
Ricciardone appealed for anyone with information on the group to call an embassy hotline or a toll-free number in the United States (800-877-3927). He said the size of any reward would be decided by a U.S. committee.
"We believe that ordinary citizens of the Philippines and elsewhere may have the information that can help bring the Abu Sayyaf terrorists to justice," the ambassador said.
The five Abu Sayyaf leaders, including Isnilon Hapilon (alias Abu Musab), Abu Solaiman, Hamsiraji Marusi Sali and Gaddafi Janjalani, have been the objects of a $100,000 Filipino government reward for nearly a year.
Weeks after the raid on the beach resort, in May 2001, the Abu Sayyaf beheaded Guillermo Sobero of Corona, Calif. They still hold a missionary couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham of Wichita.
[Sabaya promised on Thursday to free a local nurse held by his group for almost a year, the Reuters news agency reported. He made no mention of the Burnhams.]
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