| Mars Buan, Senior Analyst at Pacific Strategies and Assessments, pointed out that the Abu Sayyaf's activities has been more visible recently. |  |
| Source: The Straits Times
MANILA: The Abu Sayyaf, a violent Islamist extremist group operating in the southern Philippines, is undergoing a resurgence, with a sharp rise in bombings and kidnappings, say security analysts. Cracks in the counter-terrorism gains of the Philippine military, supported by American special forces in non-combat roles, began to appear in the last quarter of 2009, when the group launched a series of successful kidnappings and terror bombings, said Mr Dan Cox, a lecturer at the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth.... | |
| Despite numerous administration promises to 'wipe out' the Abu Sayyaf, it is garnering more headlines now than in recent memory,'
- Ms. Mars Buan, Senior Analyst, Pacific Strategies and Assessments |
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