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...Philippines, reports emerged that Burnham charges a Philippine soldier with firing the shot that killed her husband and that members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) colluded with Abu Sayyaf. When troops brought them food, she writes, "We were told it was because [Abu Sayyaf leader Abu] Sabaya was wheeling and dealing with the AFP general of that area over how to split up any ransom that might be paid." Elsewhere, she recalls wanting to ask President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo "about how her military was on the take." The AFP has denied numerous past allegations of collusion...
...missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham. Instead of giving U.S. troops carte blanche, Arroyo welcomed their offer of training and military aid. On June 7, a Philippine patrol found the hostages, but Martin Burnham was among those killed in the rescue attempt. Later that month, soldiers cornered gang leader Abu Sabaya, who was apparently shot while trying to escape in a boat. (His body was never found...
DIED. ABU SABAYA, 39, a leader of the Islamic guerrilla group Abu Sayyaf, responsible for the kidnapping of two Americans in the Philippines; reportedly shot in a gun battle at sea with government troops...
...Indian-administered Kashmir. Various radical groups took responsibility for the attacks, which came as Defense Minister George Fernandes said that Indian forces would remain deployed in Kashmir until fall elections. PHILIPPINES Lost at Sea President Gloria Arroyo called off a search for the body of the Muslim rebel Abu Sabaya, believed to have died in a battle with Philippine troops at sea. The army said Sabaya's body was probably eaten by sharks. He was the main spokesman and one of the leaders of Abu Sayyaf, a guerrilla group that became notorious for using kidnappings in pursuit of its goal...
...back and died moments later. A bullet passed through the leg of Gracia Burnham, 43, and she had to be airlifted to Manila for treatment. Four Abu Sayyaf gang members also died in the shoot-out, but about two dozen others, including the group's leader, Abu Sabaya, escaped back into the jungle that has so successfully shielded them for years...