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21st century Philippines piracy: the Abu Sayyaf adds a new dimension to terror

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In the second decade of the 21st century, the Philippine terrorist organisation the Abu Sayyaf, predominately domiciled in the southern Philippines, added a new dimension to their kidnap-for-ransom enterprise - piracy.

Accompanied by kidnap-for-ransom as opposed to traditional piracy which, in the main, this involved the robbery of an ocean-going vessel's crew, cargo, or even the vessel itself.

The Abu Sayyaf has been in existence in some form or another for over a quarter of a century in the greater Mindanao region of the southern Philippines. Originally formed with the intention of creating an independent Muslim State in the southern Philippines, it has degenerated into a number of sub-groups whose sole endeavour is now kidnap-for-profit, accompanied in many instances - if a ransom is not paid - by beheading of the kidnap victims.

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1527514471 / 9781527514478
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
364.164
26/07/2018
England
English
113 pages
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