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| | B A S I L A N: The Next Afghanistan? |
 | | In Basilan, while 71% of the population are Muslims, Christians own 75% of the land and the ethnic Chinese control 75% of the trade. | | | In Basilan, security troops who escorted the mission members claimed to have intercepted reports that the governor’s men were actually planning to abduct three of the mission members. | | | And while the allegations remain unanswered and the military remains suspended under a cloud of suspicion, the situation in Basilan cannot be characterized as a case of one party having to pursue another. |
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http://www.bwf.org/pamayanan/peacemission.html
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| | The Yakans Of Basilan |
| | Basilan's nearness to Borneo led to the theory that the Yakan originated from the Dyak, but it is safe to say that Basilan's history is related to that of the Sulu archipelago. | | | Islam is said to have started in the Philippines in 1380 but some scholars believe that Islam spread in some areas of the archipelago during the early 1200s. | | | The other ethnic groups in order of population size are the Chavacano, Samal, Tausug, Badjao, and Visayan (Jundam 1983:7). |
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http://www.geocities.com/udis79
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| | The Manila Times Internet Edition SPECIAL REPORT> Basilan: A powderkeg of confusion |
| | The DSWD secretary denied allegations that there was no consultation among local officials in connection with the development projects that would be undertaken in Basilan. | | | Convoluted social and economic ties confound even the best-laid intelligence plans in Basilan, home to the extremist Abu Sayyaf and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). | | | They claim Malacañang had failed to consult them on the subject of development aid. |
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http://www.manilatimes.net/others/special/2002/feb/16/20020216spe1.html
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| | BURNHAM COUPLE STILL IN BASILAN - AFP |
| | Earlier reports coming out of Basilan said the Burnhams and Yap are now in the hands of Mujib Susukan, one of the commanders of the Abu Sayyaf band in Sulu. | | | Servando said government troops continue to scour the jungles of Basilan for the Abu Sayyaf gunmen whom they encountered in Lamitan town on Good Friday. | | | Danilo Servando, spokesman for the Armed Forces Southern Command, denied reports that Abu Sayyaf bandits have taken the three hostages to Sulu to escape pursuing government troops. |
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http://www.newsflash.org/2002/03/ht/ht002423.htm
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| | Don't let Abu escapees leave Basilan, President orders - Apr. 13, 2004 |
| | The military said earlier it had warned Basilan jail officials of a plot by the Abu Sayyaf suspects to escape and asked them to reinforce the prison security. | | | Saying this was no time for blame tossing, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Monday ordered a massive manhunt for 25 inmates -- 10 of them Abu Sayyaf bandits -- still at large after a bloody breakout of dozens of detainees from the Basilan provincial jail. | | | Macapagal denies New York Times report (Apr. 12, 2004) |
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http://www.inq7.net/nat/2004/apr/13/nat_2-1.htm
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| | Official Website of the Provincial Government of Basilan |
| | DATU PEDRO CUEVAS, a willy and fearless leader of the Yakans in the district of Lamitan who became known as the legendary DATU KALUN. | | | The French also attempted to occupy Basilan in 1844. | | | Later in 1845, French Commander proposed the session of Basilan Island for One Thousand Dollar (S1,000) but the Sultan of Sulu refused the offer. |
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http://www.basilan.gov.ph/invasion.html
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| | 53 prisoners bolt out of Basilan jail |
| | Chief Supt. Servando Hizon, Police Regional Office 9 director, said that reports reaching his office disclosed that the jailguards were feeding the detainees when the incident happened about 11 a.m. | | | He said his troops are backing up the police in pursuit operations. | | | "The detainees, mostly Abu Sayyaf suspects, rushed up the guards feeding them," Hizon said quoting reports from Basilan police. |
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http://www.mindanews.com/2004/04/10nws-escape.html
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| | The Provincial Profile of Basilan |
| | The island of Basilan is inhabited by the Yakans, who are said to be of Papuan descent. | | | Tausugs and Samals settled along the coast bringing Islam to the island and converting the Yakans. | | | The Dutch attempted to seize the island in 1747 but were thwarted by the locals. |
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http://www.geocities.com/lppsec/pp/basilan.htm
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| | REPORT FROM BASILAN |
| | Under a $100m six-month agreement, 600 US troops are in Mindanao (160 of them now in Basilan), and there are reports that more may be sent. | | | Dozens of other witnesses like these peasant women never made it to Isabela City - either because of the difficulty of moving through the checkpoints and the ongoing military exercises against the Abu Sayyaf group, or because they had been intimidated. | | | Haring and her sister-in-law came to Basilan's capital, Isabela City, last week to meet delegates from the Philippines House of Representatives who visited the island to hold hearings on human rights violations by the security forces. |
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http://www.focusweb.org/publications/2002/report-from-basilan.html
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| | GN Online: Seabees to complete $5m projects in Basilan by August |
| | The various projects are aimed at restoring security and stability in Mindanao, particularly the island of Basilan, where the Abu Sayyaf are waging separatist war and engaging in kidnap-for-ransom activities. | | | Alfred Crespo, a political analyst said the U.S. has sent troops and high technology gadgets into Basilan to help find the Abu Sayyaf leaders. | | | If the wargames end and the projects are incomplete, the U.S. will turn over its construction to international or local agencies, said Wurster. |
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http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=55820
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| | Will the Outcome be Vietnam or Afghanistan |
| | The astute military commentator of CNN, Retired General David Grange, said that the Abu Sayyaf, though terrorists, have a mass base in the Muslim population, and that this poses a problem. | | | This is why the American objective of crushing the Abu Sayyaf will ultimately fail and will merely create new recruits for that organization. | | | Basilan is not Afghanistan, where the Taliban forces were politically and geographically separated from the people. |
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http://www.cyberdyaryo.com/opinion/op2002_0201_01.htm
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| | Sun.Star Breaking News: 2 Sayyaf men nabbed in Basilan (3:57 p.m.) |
| | Filipino authorities have blamed the Abu Sayyaf for the spate of killings and bombings in the country with the latest attack last month on a ferry in Basilan island that killed three people and wounded three dozens more. | | | Two bombs detonated by the Abu Sayyaf in Zamboanga City in August also left 26 people injured. | | | A military dossier said Kasim was a follower of slain Abu Sayyaf leader Hamsiraji Salih, who was implicated in the killing of two kidnapped US citizens Guillermo Sobero and Martin Burham in 2002. |
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http://feeds.philippinesnews.net/?rid=438b11b472998fc5&...
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| | Basilan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This group kidnapped a group of tourists from Palawan and brought them to Basilan, including an American Christian missionary couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham. | | | Basilan figured prominently in international news as one of the strongholds of the Islamic terrorist group, the Abu Sayyaf. | | | Isabela City is the only city and capital of Basilan. |
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| | Kukui Roadhouse: 03/20/2000 Basilan Hostage Situation |
| | Wee said that the government emissaries have reported this recent development on the three-month hostage crisis following the issuance of a new set of demands by the Abu Sayyaf. | | | Mercado said the 15 hostages were freed when government troops discovered them as they were being moved across a stream by their captors. | | | The Abu Sayyaf group of Khaddafy Janjalani released Filipino teenager Richard Sintos, who was among some 50 schoolteachers and students kidnapped from two Basilan schools last March. |
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http://www.mahk.com/sc5810.htm
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| | 24 Abus bolt Basilan jail - Apr. 11, 2004 |
| | Officials in Basilan said eight of the inmates involved in Saturday's mass escape were later killed by pursuing troops. | | | The sensational breakout, led by 24 Abu Sayyaf members, occurred while troops were on a high alert to ward off revenge attacks following the killing of Sali and five followers in Thursday's gun battle, and revived questions about the adequacy of security measures for high-risk prisoners. | | | Two days after soldiers gunned down senior Abu Sayyaf leader Hamsiraji Sali -- a notorious hostage-taker wanted by the United States -- in a clash on Basilan province, 53 detainees shot their way out of the island's provincial jail in a mass escape Saturday. |
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http://www.inq7.net/nat/2004/apr/11/nat_1-1.htm
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| | Military Protects Basilan Water Vs Sayyaf Attack |
| | Officials of both countries denied the training had been stalled because of the ongoing rescue operations against the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan. | | | Terramae, however, could not say when they expect the training modules to be signed. | | | In a telephone interview, Col. Alexander Aleo, commander of Army’s 103rd Brigade which is based in Basilan said government troops are securing the water reservoirs in Isabela City, Lamitan and Maluso towns. |
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| | Basilan on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Arroyo visits Basilan and Palawan today; To assess campaign against Abu Sayyaf.(Main News) | | | The inhabitants are chiefly Muslim, and the island has been the scene of fighting between government troops and Muslim rebels. | | | With neighboring islets, Basilan forms the Basilan island group. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/B/Basilan.asp
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| | GIs SET UP BASE IN BASILAN; BIGGEST DEPLOYMENT AFTER AFGHANISTAN |
| | Estimates of Abu Sayyaf strength in the Muslim-dominated island of about 300,000 vary from about 100 to several hundred. | | | (STAR) By Roel Pareño - About 20 US soldiers in assault helicopters flew to Basilan yesterday to set up base at a military camp there and a senior diplomat said they were ready for action. | | | Balance Piston saw the participation of 125 Filipino Scout Ranger and Special Forces men and 36 American counterparts who cross-trained along their fields of expertise. |
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http://www.newsflash.org/2002/02/hl/hl015215.htm
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| | "Tank's Crew", JTF-510, Basilan, PI |
| | Have a comment or suggestion on these pages? | | | I'm looking for anyone who was there with me? I've lost contact with all. | | | Basilan Island, Republic of the Philippines (June 14, 2002) -- The III Marine Expeditionary Force Naval Construction Task Group (NCTG) arrived in the... |
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http://www.military.com/HomePage/UnitCreatedPage/0,11003,734882,00.html
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| | DefenseLINK News: Basilan: Before. After. After That? |
| | JTF 510 planners said the terrorist footprint on Basilan is large enough for people to see and report -- if they feel confident their government is effective and will protect them. | | | Business activity is picking up, in part because of the United States' spending money on facilities on the island, but more because people believe it is safer. | | | While this will resupply American on the island, the new jetties will also allow Basilan's farmers and businessmen to ship goods to and from the island. |
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2002/n06042002_200206044.html
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| | THE HOSTAGE CRISIS IN BASILAN |
| | Earlier, two groups of U.S. military advisers made preliminary visits to this city and the nearby Basilan island to scout for sites to be used for training Filipino elite troops going after the Abu Sayyaf, which the U.S. government had identified as linked to terrorist suspect Osama Bin Laden. | | | A Philippine military spokesman said there would be no Christmas breaks for the soldiers. | | | A Philippine Army spokesman stressed however, that the American soldiers would not take part in any actual combat operations but only to train and advise local troops. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/nbondoc/hostage_crisis_in_basilan.htm
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| | Victoria Brittain@basilan Island |
| | Victoria Brittain: The island of Basilan, poor, Muslim, and for 30 years a violent and forgotten corner of the world, has now become a second front for the US international war on terrorism. |
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http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/4-1-2002-15689.asp?comm=result
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| | Basilan: A Beautiful Island & Home of the Abu Sayyaf |
| | Basilan: A Beautiful Island and Home of the Abu Sayyaf | | | protracted war with the Muslim extremist group, Basilan is isolated now more than | | | But I found out during a trip there in May 1995 that for many civilians, life must |
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http://www.lazamboangatimes.com/basilan.html
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| | BASILAN, PHILIPPINES OPPOSING BALIKATAN U.S.-PHILIPPINES MILITARY EXERCISES |
| | During the deliberation and discussion of the issue, views opinion and suggestion was presented by each member, after which they agreed to the division of the house, this was approved by majority votes of 6 members in favor of (t)he resolution, 3 members opposed. | | | EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN NG BASILAN, HELD AT THE SESSION HALL OF THE HONORABLE BODY, CAPITOL BUILDING, ISABELA, BASILAN, ON fEBRUARY 06, 2002. | | | RESOLVED, as it is hereby resolved, a resolution strongly opposing Balikatan Exercise of the joint US Military Troops and the Arm Forces of the Philippines to be conducted in the province of Basilan. |
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http://www.yonip.com/main/articles/resolution.html
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| | Soldiers rescue kidnapped Basilan student |
| | Rescued from the suspects’ hideout in Barangay Etub-Etub, Sumisip town, was Rowena Marijan, a student of Basilan National High School in Isabela City, the capital of Basilan. | | | In her complaint filed at the Isabela police station, Marijan said three persons snatched her last Sunday in downtown Isabela and brought her to Sumisip hinterlands. | | | ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Troops from the Army’s 18th Infantry Battalion rescued a 14-year-old student last Thursday, four days after the victim was snatched, in the hinterlands of Basilan province. |
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http://www.mindanews.com/2004/07/03nws-student.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Zamboanga |
| | It includes the islands of Basilan, Camiguin, Dinagat, Mindanao, Siargao, and the Sulu Archipelago. | | | If an ad appears here that contradicts Catholic teachings, please click here to notify the webmaster. |
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| | Basilan -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Located between the Sulu Sea to the northwest and the Celebes Sea to the southeast, the province stretches southwestward from Basilan Island south of the tip of the Zamboanga Peninsula toward the Tawitawi island group and Borneo; it consists of approximately 3,000 scattered and somewhat isolated islands and islets. | | | A double island chain, it extends 170 mi (270 km) southwest from Basilan Island off southwestern Mindanao and ends near the eastern shores of Sabah (Malaysia). | | | Joseph Estrada, demonstrators drove him from office on Jan. 20, 2001. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9013617?tocId=9013617
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| | AG-68 USS Basilan |
| | The parent directory for more information on this class and type | | | "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Basilan |
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http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/AG/AG-68_Basilan.html
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