Abu Sayyaf

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Abu Sayyaf - a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping; "In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives"

Bearer of the Sword

act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear

Philippines, Republic of the Philippines - a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946

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Mais a l'exception du Front Moro qui, apres avoir fait alliance avec le pouvoir central, avait commence a soutenir [beaucoup moins que]militairement[beaucoup plus grand que] les forces gouvernementales, les autres groupes islamiques presents dans la zone -- notamment celui d'Abou Sayyaf, cree dans les annees 1990 grace aux financements d'un membre de la famille d'Oussama Ben Laden et qui n'avaient pas voulu conclure d'alliance avec Manille -- ont tous fini par preter allegeance a l'Organisation Etat islamique encore tres active dans le sud du pays.

Philippines Une zone autonome pour les musulmans

NNA - Press headlines for April 11, 2015, are as follows: AN-NAHAR: Tripoli raid foils revival of cells "Future" to "Hizbullah": You see by Khamenei's eyes ASSAFIR: Hablas, Abou Sayyaf to interrogators: We aim at stirring "sleeping cells" AL-MUSTAQBAL: Al-Mashnouk praised "ISF Information Branch heroes" Security source calls upon scholars not to turn away from truth New hunt in "Information" hands AL-AKHBAR: Berri: Dialogue permanent and ongoing Ad-Diyar: Do ISF preemptive operations foil assassination and bombing schemes?