Abu Sayyaf Betrayed by Yen for Peanut Butter: Report

Tehran Times ^ | June 10 2002

[knighthawk]

MANILA -- Craving for peanut butter and bread proved the undoing of Abu Sayyaf rebels when Philippine troops finally pounced on them after a year-long search, a Manila newspaper said Monday.

The 376-day crisis ended in a firefight on the Zamboanga Peninsula on Friday, after thousands of troops had scoured heavily-jungled southern Basilan Island in vain for more than 12 months.

U.S. Missionary Martin Burnham and Filipina nurse were killed in the battle and Burnham's wife Gracia was rescued, AFP reported.

"We were able to determine the presence of the Abu Sayyaf when a resident here saw a neighbor bringing bread worth 500 pesos (10 dollars)," the Philippine inquirer quoted Colonel Buenaventura Pascual as saying.

"He got curious and inquired, and the latter admitted that several armed men had instructed him to buy 500 pesos worth of bread and peanut butter," Pascual added.

Army scout rangers pounced on the guerrillas in a forest near Sirawai town on Friday, killing four of the gunmen while the rest escaped. It remains unclear when the gunmen moved off Basilan with the hostages.

[knighthawk]

Note the usage of the word 'betrayed'.

[knighthawk]

Ping

[lavaroise]

Look how the evil cult of the consumerist west is betraying those who fall from true islam. (sarcasm)

[knighthawk]

My thoughts exacly.

[3catsanadog]

Mr. Peanut saves the day!

[Fish out of Water]

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[cake_crumb]

" 'We were able to determine the presence of the Abu Sayyaf when a resident here saw a neighbor bringing bread worth 500 pesos (10 dollars),' the Philippine inquirer quoted Colonel Buenaventura Pascual as saying.

" 'He got curious and inquired, and the latter admitted that several armed men had instructed him to buy 500 pesos worth of bread and peanut butter,' Pascual added"

Today is just a DAY of totally bizarre news...even for a Monday....

[wimpycat]

Choosy terrorists choose Jif!

[Deathmonger]

Where is the gratitude for Jimmy Carter, who clearly must have run this sting operation?

[Cicero]

To the contrary, Jimmy Carter is thinking of bringing a human rights lawsuit against the United States to the International Court at The Hague for misuse and abuse of peanut butter.

[altair]

This has been a lackluster performance by the Philippine Army from the beginning. The Abu Sayyaf escaped with the Burnhams and the other hostages taken from the Palawan resort in little more than row boats. Deborah Yap was kidnapped later from the hospital she worked in, probably with the aid of a Philippine General.

I posted articles here about it when it happened, but I don't know how to search the archives that far back.

[cmsgop]

ROTFLMAO!!!!!