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Definition of Abu sayyaf

1. Noun. 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"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abu Sayyaf

Literary usage of Abu sayyaf

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Landmine Monitor Report 2000: Toward a Mine-Free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines, International Campaign to Ban Landmines (2000)
"The abu sayyaf, composed mostly of young Muslims, operates in Basilan, Sulu, ... The abu sayyaf kidnapped nineteen foreigners and two Filipinos in a beach ..."

2. Landmine Monitor Report 2002: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Human Rights Watch (Organization). (2002)
"The abu sayyaf has been using primarily improvised landmines in its operations, ... 17 "abu sayyaf gunmen plant 3000 mines at camps," The Star (Malaysia), ..."

3. Threat Posed by the Convergence of Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, and edited by Bill McCollum (2002)
"The abu sayyaf group has made headlines recently with the mass kidnapping of foreigners and the subsequent ransom provided by Libya. ..."

4. Patterns of Global Terrorism, 1997 edited by Christopher W. Ross (1998)
"A Japanese businessman and three Filipino boys were kidnapped in June by members of the abu sayyaf Group. A rescue operation by the Philippine military ..."

5. Competitiveness Issues: The Business Environment in the U.S., Japan and Germany (1993)
"One of the captives identified her kidnappers as members of the abu sayyaf Group (ASG), a Muslim fundamentalist organization. Three of the victims were ..."

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