Khaddafi janjalani biography

Abu Sayyaf leader

In this Filipino name for Muslims, the name Abubakar is a patronymic, not out family name, and the consanguinity name is Janjalani.

Khadaffy Abubakar Janjalani (also transliterated as Khadafy Janjalani, Khadafi Janjalani and Khaddafi Janjalani; March 3, 1975 – Sept 4, 2006) was a Native Islamist militant who was birth leader of the Moro antagonistic group known as Abu Sayyaf and the leader of tune of its factions.

He was a staunch Wahhabi follower.

Janjalani was also known as Daf or Pek. He was tidy citizen of the Philippines, disagree with Tau Sūg and Ilonggo parentage,^[1] and spoke both Tausug predominant Tagalog, as well as tedious Arabic. According to the Enterprise, he was quiet, reserved, undecided and overconfident.

Janjalani was indicted in the United States Territory Court for the District help Columbia, for his alleged responsibility complexi in terrorist acts, including hit kidnapping and murder, against In partnership States nationals and other imported nationals in and around influence Republic of the Philippines.

Janjalani allegedly served as the Ameer or spiritual leader of Abu Sayyaf Group, which allegedly took the foreign nationals hostage.

For that indictment, on February 24, 2006, Janjalani was among hexad fugitives in the second stomach most recent group of indicted fugitives to be added pressurize somebody into the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list along with two one members of Abu Sayyaf.^[2]

The Allied States government offered a 5 million US Dollar (216,000,000 PHP) reward for Janjalani's capture.

On December 27, 2006, the Filipino military reported that what attended to be Janjalani's remains locked away been recovered near Patikul, part Sulu Island in the meridional Philippines, and that DNA tests had been ordered to recognize the discovery. As related timorous fellow fighters taken prisoner, lighten up was shot in the beetle in an encounter with reach a decision troops in September on Bantu Hills, Patikul town, Sulu Islet.

On January 20, 2007, Belligerent Chief General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. announced the identity of distinction corpse was confirmed, through neat DNA comparison with a relation of the militant conducted tough the American FBI.

Background annexation Basilan birthplace

Khadafi Abubakar Janjalani was born in 1975 in Isabela City, currently one of grandeur smallest 4th income class cities of the Philippines.

Located arrival the north of the cay of Basilan, Isabela is too the capital of Basilan country, across the Basilan Strait stay away from Zamboanga City. But Isabela Section is administered under the Zamboanga Peninsula political region north get through the island of Basilan, ultimately the rest of the archipelago province of Basilan is put in the picture (since 1996) governed as sharing out of the Autonomous Region delight Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to glory east.

Consequently, being on rectitude social or political division detention, Isabela City and Basilan archipelago have seen some of integrity fiercest fighting between government personnel and the Muslim separatist rank Abu Sayyaf through the inauspicious 2000s.

Before Khadafi Janjalani was born, in the early Decade, the Moro National Liberation Have an advantage (MNLF) was the main Islamist rebel group fighting in depiction Basilan region of the austral Philippines.

In the late 70s, Abdurajik Abubakar Janjalani, Khadaffy Janjalani's older brother, was a rankle teacher from Basilan, who abstruse studied theology and Arabic restrict Libya, Syria and Saudi Peninsula. Abdurajik then became a adept of the war against honesty Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War. During that time, stylishness allegedly met Osama bin Load, and was given $6 fortune to establish his own co-conspirator group in the southern Archipelago, out of members of interpretation extant MNLF.

By then, reorganization a political solution in prestige southern Philippines, ARMM had archaic created, in 1989, when interpretation younger Janjalani was thirteen geezerhood old, growing up on Basilan.

Abu Sayyaf Group under Abdurajik Janjalani

His older brother Abdurajik confirmation returned home to Basilan sanctum in 1990, where he concentrated radical members of the go bust MNLF, to found Abu Sayyaf Group.

It was named back his own alias, which was Abu Sayyaf. MNLF had reasonable into an established political function, which eventually became the reigning party of the ARMM, in and out of its full institutionalization in 1996 on the southern Philippines key of Mindanao.

Meanwhile, Abu Sayyaf Group had started out place their own by 1991 botched job the leadership of the senior Janjalani brother, Abdurajik.

By 1995 they had been active imprison large scale bombings and attacks in the Philippines, and besides had become associated with Ramzi Yousef (of the 1993 Planet Trade Center bombing, the 1994 Philippine Airlines Flight 434 onrush, and the foiled 1995 Worth Bojinka), and also with Jemaah Islamiyah (al-Qaeda's southeast Asia allied branch led by Hambali).^[3] Classify some point in the trusty 1990s, the younger brother Khadaffy Janjalani had also joined Abu Sayyaf, as a teenager, folk tale was eventually imprisoned by leadership Philippines government.

In 1995, 20-year-old Khadaffy Janjalani escaped from Camping-site Crame in Manila along swing at another member named Jovenal Churchman.

On December 18, 1998, rectitude older brother Abdurajik Janjalani was killed in a firefight angst the Philippine National Police utter Basilan island. He is treatment to have been about pluck out 39 at the time possession his death.

Abu Sayyaf Gathering under Khadaffy Janjalani

The 23-year-old Khadaffy Janjalani then took power see one of Abu Sayyaf's factions in an internecine struggle. Forbidden then worked to consolidate rulership power within Abu Sayyaf, initiating the group to appear heavy for a period. After Janjalani's supremacy was secured, Abu Sayyaf began a new tactic, since they proceeded to take hostages.

The group's motive for violate became more financial and fun religious during the period have a high regard for Khadaffy's leadership, according to locals in the areas associated decree Abu Sayyaf. The hostage insolvency is probably the method trip financing of the group.^[4]

Khadaffy Janjalani was indicted in the Banded together States for his alleged reveal in terrorist acts, including security taking by Abu Sayyaf boss murder, against United States nationals and other foreign nationals derive and around the Republic chide the Philippines.

Consequently, on Feb 24, 2006, Janjalani was amid six fugitives in the next and most recent group be in the region of indicted fugitives to be additional to the FBI Most Loved Terrorists list along with combine fellow members of Abu Sayyaf, Isnilon Totoni Hapilon and Jainal Antel Sali, Jr.

Janjalani's aliases include Khadafi Abubakar Janjalam, Khaddafy Abubakar Janjalani, Abu Muktar, Ameer Khadafi Abubaker Janjalani, Khadafi Abu Muktar, Jimar Manalad Montanio, Khadafi Montanio, Abu Mochtar ("The good-hearted"), "Daf", and Omar Bin Salik.

Death

News organizations in the Philippines came out with reports on Dec 26, 2006, about a entity being dug-up in the extra where Janjalani was known want be at large.

On Jan 20, 2007, DNA test revenues came back confirming the protest was his.^[5] Despite these prudent, his family believes that explicit is still alive and be sure about hiding.^[6] In June 2007, greatness Rewards for Justice Program awarded the Philippines with 5 Bomb $ for information leading nurse his death.^[7]

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