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Abu Sayyaf was formed
Abu Sayyaf left the Moro National liberation front in the late 1990's and made a group that wanted to inforce islamic law on all the people living in the Philippines. -
ASG's first major attack against MNLF
Abu Sayyaf attacked the Moror National Liberation Front by bombing Christian churches, missionaries, and cummunities. The result to this attac, killed two American Evangelists in Zamboanga. -
Plot to blow up US Airliners over the Pacific
Abu Sayyaf planned on setting bombs underneathe the life jackets on each leg of the airliner. Until they were all planted. This plan aws discovered by the security officals of the Southern Philippines. Ramzi Youself was behind this plot. It was called the Bojinka Plot. -
Abu Sayyaf established a government in Mindanao
When Abdurajik abubakar janjalani fully established a islamic government in Mindanao that was full of Moro National Liberation Front people who were against the action. -
Abu sayyaf attack
Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and held them as hostages for ransom. their ransom got up to 1 million dollars. They kidnapped for money to fund their group even though they have help from Ramzi Youself. -
U.S forces came to help
U.S troops came in to help rescue all the hostages that Abu Sayyaf abducted. They abducted 20 foreign and Filipino tourists. The troops came in to free everyone including the three Americans. Out of the three americans Gracia Burnham was the only one that survived. -
US trrops assisted Filipinos
U.S came to help with 1,300 troops and 93 million dollars to help aid the military funds for the Philippine armed forces. Our people trained with their soldiers to stop the kidnapping and murders of the Abu Sayyaf group. -
Abu Sayyaf Kidnapping
Abu Sayyaf kidnapped six Filipino Jehovah,s witness missionaries in Sulu. The result was that two of them were beheaded. The other hostages were rescued by U.S troops, along with The Philippine security officials or they got away. -
Abu Sayyaf Bombing
Abu Sayyaf bombed a Philippine military base, killing one U.S serviceman. This shows that Abu Sayyaf wants to get rid of the Filipinos and enforce a pure islamic state that follows islamic law. -
Continued to help filipinos
U.S came to help with 1,300 troops and 93 million dollars to help aid the military funds for the Philippine armed forces. Our people trained with their soldiers to stop the kidnapping and murders of the Abu Sayyaf group. This continued on until this date. -
SuperFerry Bombing
The SuperFerry was destroyed by a bomb plannted inside the Ferry killing 116 people in the incident. This attack was the worst of Philippine's attack and the deadliest terrorist attack at sea.Late the government charged 6 people who were connected to Abu Sayyaf. -
Another Abu Sayyaf Bombing
Bombed Manila and two other cities, killing eight and wounding a hundred and eight people. The day day is dreadful to people in those three cities because it was on Valentines day. This shows how much power they are gaining and have over Southern Philippines. -
Plot to kill President Gloria Arroyo
Abu Sayyaf planned to kill president Gloria Arroyo by going in and assassination by using a sniper. The result of this was pandemonium in Mindanao. People were scared and so was the president so she didnt attend her meeting in another city and stayed with the security officials guarding her every move. -
Another Abu Sayyaf kidnapping
Abu Sayyaf kidnapped three representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The people who were kidnapped included a 62 year old Italian national Eugenio Vangi, a 38 year old Swiss national Andreas Notter, and 44 year old Filipino Mary Jean Lacaba.
