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But her troops are the ones that got this guy that was running what they call Abu Sayyaf, the person who killed -- kidnapped two brave Americans, the Burnhams.
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The name Abu Sayyaf was derived from the kunya adopted by Abdurajak Janajalani when he named his oldest son Sayyaf, thereby becoming Abu Sayyaf or the father of Sayyaf.
Latest Articles 2009
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Ms. GRISWOLD: Well, the person who said that to me is Gracia Burnham, and she is the widow of a man named Martin Burnham, who was killed in firefight when the two were held by Abu Sayyaf, which is an al-Qaida-linked group of militant thugs, basically.
Walking The Religious Tightrope Of The 'Tenth Parallel' 2010
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Ms. GRISWOLD: Well, the person who said that to me is Gracia Burnham, and she is the widow of a man named Martin Burnham, who was killed in firefight when the two were held by Abu Sayyaf, which is an al-Qaida-linked group of militant thugs, basically.
Walking The Religious Tightrope Of The 'Tenth Parallel' 2010
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Ms. GRISWOLD: Well, the person who said that to me is Gracia Burnham, and she is the widow of a man named Martin Burnham, who was killed in firefight when the two were held by Abu Sayyaf, which is an al-Qaida-linked group of militant thugs, basically.
Walking The Religious Tightrope Of The 'Tenth Parallel' 2010
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Ms. GRISWOLD: Well, the person who said that to me is Gracia Burnham, and she is the widow of a man named Martin Burnham, who was killed in firefight when the two were held by Abu Sayyaf, which is an al-Qaida-linked group of militant thugs, basically.
Walking The Religious Tightrope Of The 'Tenth Parallel' 2010
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Ms. GRISWOLD: Well, the person who said that to me is Gracia Burnham, and she is the widow of a man named Martin Burnham, who was killed in firefight when the two were held by Abu Sayyaf, which is an al-Qaida-linked group of militant thugs, basically.
Walking The Religious Tightrope Of The 'Tenth Parallel' 2010
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The Zamboanga peninsula has seen a wave of kidnappings most blamed by police and security forces on a terrorist group called the Abu Sayyaf, oralso known as the al-Harakat al-Islamiyya a Al Qaeda ally and one of the most violent and viewed as extremist among the several militant Islamist separatist groups in the southern Philippines.
Mindanao: Irish Missionary Priest Kidnapped Abu Sayyaf Extremists prime suspects 2009
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The Abu Sayyaf is a small band of Islamic militants the US and Philippine governments have branded as terrorists.
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The Abu Sayyaf is a group of armed Filipino Muslims which the United States regards as terrorists.
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