Confronting militant Islam in Southeast Asia: The case of the Abu Sayyaf group in the Philippines

• Main Author: de Castro, Renato Cruz
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Abu Sayyaf (Group); Terrorism > Philippines; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; International Relations; Political Science
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3823; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/4825/type/native/viewcontent/10163270903087394.html
• Institution: De La Salle University

This article discusses the Bush administration's extension of the War on Terror in Southeast Asia and this operation's main objective-the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in the Philippines. It probes the ASG's history, transnational links, and terrorist operations. Then using content analysis,...