[1] Unfortunately, [2] nothing [3] new [4] here. "Filipino group with al-Qaeda ties threatens beheading," from [5] World Focus, March 26:

A radical Islamic militant group from the southern Philippines, Abu Sayyaf, has threatened to behead a Red Cross hostage unless the military withdraws from the area. Abu Sayyaf has held three hostages on the remote southern island of Jolo since January 15.

Abu Sayyaf is one of several guerrilla organizations in the Philippines that has engaged in kidnappings for ransom, bombings, beheadings, assassinations and extortion. It seeks a separate Islamic state for the country’s Muslim minority...