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                    [Title] => Sayyaf kills Pinoy hostages; 15 saved
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Abu Sayyaf extremist rebels shot and killed several of their 27 Filipino hostages as the captives were being rescued by government troops in Basilan yesterday, a senior military official said.

"Some of the hostages were killed by the rebels as they fled the government troops during today's rescue," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

"They could have been shot as the rebels withdrew," the official was quoted by the Agence France Presse news agency.

Brig. Gen. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87789 [Title] => Sayyaf issues demands [Summary] =>

Muslim extremist guerrillas holding 21 hostages of various nationalities in the southern island of Sulu issued yesterday their first written demands for the release of the captives.

In the nearby island-province of Basilan, government forces are planning to fire tear gas into a network of tunnels in a rebel jungle fortress where another band of Abu Sayyaf gunmen was believed holed up along with another batch of 27 hostages, consisting of school children, teachers and a Catholic priest.

Government negotiator Nur Misuari rejected the rebels' demands, saying they were impracti [DatePublished] => 2000-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87756 [Title] => Bad weather hampers rescue of hostages in Basilan [Summary] =>

ISABELA, Basilan - Bad weather, rough terrain and land mines continue to hamper military efforts to rescue 27 hostages held by the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf.

"We knew that this would not be a walk in the park, but the fighting continues," Army spokesman Col. Rafael Romero said.

Military officials had earlier expected that the Abu Sayyaf's Camp Abdurajak on Mt. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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Abu Sayyaf extremist rebels shot and killed several of their 27 Filipino hostages as the captives were being rescued by government troops in Basilan yesterday, a senior military official said.

"Some of the hostages were killed by the rebels as they fled the government troops during today's rescue," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

"They could have been shot as the rebels withdrew," the official was quoted by the Agence France Presse news agency.

Brig. Gen. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87789 [Title] => Sayyaf issues demands [Summary] =>

Muslim extremist guerrillas holding 21 hostages of various nationalities in the southern island of Sulu issued yesterday their first written demands for the release of the captives.

In the nearby island-province of Basilan, government forces are planning to fire tear gas into a network of tunnels in a rebel jungle fortress where another band of Abu Sayyaf gunmen was believed holed up along with another batch of 27 hostages, consisting of school children, teachers and a Catholic priest.

Government negotiator Nur Misuari rejected the rebels' demands, saying they were impracti [DatePublished] => 2000-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87756 [Title] => Bad weather hampers rescue of hostages in Basilan [Summary] =>

ISABELA, Basilan - Bad weather, rough terrain and land mines continue to hamper military efforts to rescue 27 hostages held by the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf.

"We knew that this would not be a walk in the park, but the fighting continues," Army spokesman Col. Rafael Romero said.

Military officials had earlier expected that the Abu Sayyaf's Camp Abdurajak on Mt. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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