US gives P490-million reward for Sayyaf deaths

MANILA (UPDATED) — In a ceremony today on Jolo, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie A. Kenney, Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Hermogenes Esperon, and numerous senior Philippine Government officials witnessed the formal payment of rewards to courageous Filipino citizens who provided key information that led to successful military operations against two notorious leaders of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group � Khadaffi Janjalani and Abu Solaiman.

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