[The Great Satan]

Exactly. Saddam has used South East Asia as the base for anti-Western terror operations since shortly before the Gulf War. WTC '93 and 9/11 were Saddam-sponsored terror ops executed under the aegis of the Yousef-KSM cell, using outsourced Islamic radical muscle to do the dirty work and take the rap.

[Wallaby]

Saddam has used South East Asia as the base for anti-Western terror operations since shortly before the Gulf War.

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SCHILLING TO DIE IF SADDAM ORDERS IT Manila Standard February 21, 2001 ZAMBOANGA A Muslim bandit leader offered yesterday to kill an ailing US hostage if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein orders it. "A signal from brother Hussein could end (Jeffrey) Schilling's life," said Abu Sabaya of the Abu Sayyaf. "A signal from brother Hussein could end (Jeffrey) Schilling's life," said Abu Sabaya of the Abu Sayyaf. "It is a victory for Islam." Sabaya, who issues statements through local radio stations, said Tuesday the group tortured Schilling to retaliate for US and British strikes on long-range radar facilities Friday that they say Iraq used to target allied planes patrolling no-fly zones. Sabaya has frequently threatened to kill Schilling, an Oakland resident, unless his group receives $ 10 million in ransom. Sabaya has also said Schilling is very ill, losing weight and coughing blood. Army Col. Fredesvindo Covarrubias, the military spokesman, said the statement shows "Sabaya is out of his mind. Whatever happens to the kidnapped victim, the Abu Sayyaf will be answerable to the world. Blood will be on their hands." Some local military officials, however, doubt that Schilling is a hostage and say he may be a sympathizer of the Abu Sayyaf.

Schilling, a Muslim convert, was taken by the bandits after he visited their camp in Jolo on Aug. 31. Schilling was accompanied by girlfriend Ivy Osani, Sabaya's cousin. Osani was allowed to go after the rebels seized Schilling. Sabaya, who issues statements through local radio stations, said Tuesday the group tortured Schilling to retaliate for US and British strikes on long-range radar facilities Friday that they say Iraq used to target allied planes patrolling no-fly zones. Another kidnapping? Also, Covarrubias yesterday reported that the Abu Sayyaf kidnapped the daughter of a town mayor and four others in Sulu. But Sabaya denied over radio that his group kidnapped Norhaina Daud, daughter of Tapul town Mayor Danny Daud, saying the alleged victim met Abu Sayyaf leader Mujib Susukan around 11 a.m. in Barangay Poblacion, Tapul town, to avoid the son of the Sulu vice governor whose marriage proposal she rejected. Covarrubias said Susukan kidnapped the Tapul mayor's daughter, along with Merci Daud, a relative, and three other companions. He could not confirm if Daud was avoiding the Sulu vice governor's son. The bandits rose to international prominence last April when members crossed the sea border to Malaysia, abducted 21 Western vacationers and Asian workers from a dive resort and took them back to their camp on Jolo island. They later kidnapped other foreign and Filipino journalists covering the initial abductions. Most of the hostages were freed, reportedly in exchange for huge ransoms. The rebels are now holding two captives, Schilling and Filipino dive resort worker Roland Ullah.