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As of noon yesterday, 77 percent of respondents said "Yes," a few of them tacking on conditions. The respondents were all male (whatever happened to the womenfolk?). Of those who bothered to give their ages, 43 percent were 41 years old and above. Elsewhere in this column is a sampling of the responses received so far.


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ABU SAYYAF AND PENTAGON

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Woman abducted as Filipino troops attack militants

May 28, 2009 - 11:06am

MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Gunmen linked to Muslim militants abducted a woman in the volatile southern Philippines as troops pressed an offensive to stem a wave of ransom kidnappings, officials said today...

Gov’t gives MILF list of JI members

April 25, 2005 - 12:00am

DAVAO CITY — The government has forwarded to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) a list of suspected members of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), an Indonesian-based terror group, and wanted criminals in line...

Nation

EDITORIAL - Keep it up

January 5, 2004 - 12:00am

A two-year-old boy is rescued and two of his kidnappers nabbed; four others are killed later in a reported encounter with law enforcers. The kidnappers of Betti Sy are arrested, including the suspected mastermind...

Opinion

Ex-bank worker seized; ice plant exec abducted, killed

By Roel Pareño | November 22, 2003 - 12:00am

Kidnappers, suspected to be Abu Sayyaf and Pentagon men, have struck again, seizing a former bank employee in Sulu and snatching and killing an ice plant manager in Sarangani the other day, authorities said.

Nation

Abu Sayyaf fronting for MILF bombings

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | March 7, 2003 - 12:00am

Tuesday was the Muharram, the moveable Islamic New Year that coincides with the eve of Christendom’s Lent. Were it not for the blast that killed 21 and wounded 160 well-wishers at the airport, it would have...

Opinion

Outsider with connections nearly grabbed LRA post

By POSTSCRIPT | By Federico D. Pascual Jr. | March 21, 2002 - 12:00am

Aim Beyond Abu Sayyaf?: We asked readers last time if they favored US forces’ helping the Philippine military pursue terrorist groups in Mindanao aside from the Abu Sayyaf. As of noon yesterday, 77 percent...

Opinion