The intrepid mujahedin, kidnapping and killing impoverished farmers. "Abu Sayyaf gunmen kill 3 hostages in Basilan," from [1] GMA News, June 5:

Abu Sayyaf bandits fatally shot three abducted rubber plantation workers in Sumisip municipality on Basilan island Friday, after their families failed to pay a ransom, a military task force commander said Saturday.

The bullet-riddled bodies of Claudio Mañanita, Rolando Francisco and Dariel Quintela were found by residents in Sukaten village and retrieved Saturday morning by the military, according to Rear Admiral Alex Pama, commander of the military Joint Task Force Trillium.

"We recovered them today and subsequently turned them over to the [Philippine National Police] and to their families," said Pama

The Abu Sayyaf group led by Furuji Indama seized the three men from a passenger jeepney on the way to Isabela City on May 27.

The bandits demanded P3 million in ransom from their families, who are too poor to raise the amount, Basilan military commander Brig. Gen. Eugenio Clement said....