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Jolo, in the
southern Philippines, to interview a commander for the militant Abu Sayyaf, a
banned Islamic separatist group in the region, according to local and
Committee to Protect Journalists
back to Zamboanga
City after covering a
flag-raising ceremony in an Abu Sayyaf camp and were flying low due to bad
weather when militants opened
Joel Goltiao said Albader Parad, a local leader of the Islamic group Abu Sayyaf, was behind the abductions, according to AP. Goltiao said he was not
police filed a murder case against two members of the Islamic separatist Abu Sayyaf group, no one has been apprehended and the investigation appears to be
of the capital, Manila, is a bastion for the Islamic separatist
group Abu Sayyaf, The Associated Press reported. Abu Sayyaf has been
linked to al-Qaeda
Muslim-majority population and is a bastion for the Islamic separatist group Abu Sayyaf, The Associated Press reported. Abu Sayyaf has been linked to the international
of the capital, Manila, is a bastion for the Islamic separatist
group Abu Sayyaf, The Associated Press reported. Abu Sayyaf has been
linked to al-Qaeda
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as followers of a local politician.
While Muslim insurgent groups, including the Abu Sayyaf, continue to pose a danger to journalists in the fractious southern Philippines,
meanwhile, mistakenly identified reporter Bernadette Tamayo as a member of the rebel Abu Sayyaf group in July by putting her picture in a wanted poster circulated
several rebel groups in the southern province of Sulu. The armed group Abu Sayyaf, which claims to be fighting for a separate Islamic state, has sought
