Bearer of the Sword
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 • Syn: Abu Sayyaf • Topics: terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act • Regions: Philippines, Republic of the Philippines • Instance Hypernyms: terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO
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