Disarming the Bearer of the Sword: Delinking the Abu Sayyaf From the Global Insurgency

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Abstract:

On May 27, 2001, the Abu Sayyaf Group ASG, an Al Qaeda affiliate, gained worldwide notoriety when it attacked a popular vacation resort on the Philippine island of Palawan. Thirty tourists were kidnapped for ransom. One of the vacationers, Guillermo Sobero, was an American from Corona, California. Weeks after the kidnapping the ASG announced it had beheaded Sobero. Also abducted was an American missionary couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham of Wichita, Kansas. After a year in captivity in the dense, mountainous jungles of Mindanao, an injured Gracia Burnham was rescued by the Armed Forces of the Philippines AFP. Tragically, her husband was killed during the fierce skirmish of the rescue attempt.

Author(s):
Nagma, Elmer
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
Descriptive Note:
Research paper
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/ADA463898
Pagination:
0023

Security Markings

DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
NWC/JMO
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_8.2.3_Build the Capabilities and Capacities of Partners and Institutions; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_8.2.4_Leverage Capacities and Capabilities of Security Establishments; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_8.1_Communicate; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_8.1.1_Inform Domestic and Foreign Audiences; JCA_1.4.1_Force Health Protection; JCA_1.4_Force Support; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_8.2.1_Partner with Governments and Institutions; JCA_1.3.1_Personnel and Family Support; JCA_6.1_Information Transport
Modernization Areas:
Autonomy
Communities of Interest:
Weapons Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*GLOBAL, *INSURGENCY, *KIDNAPPINGS, RESCUES, COUNTERTERRORISM, TAXONOMY, PHILIPPINES
Field(s)/Group(s):
Unconventional Warfare
Keyword(s):
*AL QAEDA, *JIHAD, *ASG(ABU SAYYAF GROUP), PALAWAN ISLAND
Report Date:
2006 Oct 23
Creation Date:
2007 Apr 06