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| Priest sez Abu Sabaya doesn't sleep with the fishes... |
| 2002-08-24 |
| Philippines' Parish Priest Cirilo Nacorda of Lamitan, Basilan has told reporters that the dreaded Abu Sayyaf kidnap leader, Abu Sabaya, is "alive and the group is intact". I got that feeling when they couldn't find the body... Nacorda's credibility has swung at higher heights after he linked three Philippine military (AFP) officials with the Abu Sayyaf. The Senate of the Philippines, after a long investigation, found enough evidence to recommend court martial proceeding against the three officers. The three AFP officers were Major General Romeo Dominguez, Colonel Juvenal Narcise, and Major Eliseo Campued. They were accused of allowing the Abu Sayyaf to escape a military dragnet in Lamitan, Basilan last year. Amazing, what a little money will do... This report of Sabaya being alive and in Basilan has been the "talk of the town" and the subject of text messages. But the government and the military never discarded their official position that Sabaya, Aldam Tilao in real life, died in that sea encounter in Zamboanga del Norte. Nacorda said Sabaya has been in various places in Basilan after his reported death. Sabaya, according to the priest, was twice in Maluso, in Lamitan, and Tuburan. He even attended thanksgiving celebration offered by relatives for his safe return. I'm not sure whether I believe this one or not. It's certainly possible, since they didn't recover the corpse, and false reports of Bad Guys' demise are common enough. On the other hand, unless a corpse is actually stuffed and mounted, these guys seem to keep rising from the dead without making any really public appearances — a few friends, maybe, but usually they just hang out with the same old gang: Elvis, Judge Crater, Ambrose Bierce, sometimes Martin Bormann... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 You forgot the False Dmitrii. http://citd.scar.utoronto.ca/HISB07/3.CS/3.L/3.L.30.html |
| Posted by: Tom Roberts 2002-08-24 17:07:15 |