Good morning everyone today are going to discuss About The Emergence of Abu Sayyaf group Terrorism

Activities here in the country.

The emergence of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in the early 1990s represented the radicalization of the
Filipino Muslim separatist movement. (Dito nagsimula how ASG nagsimula sa kanilang pag alyansa
bilang isang terroristang grupo.

The group’s first recorded operation was in 1991, when it attacked a military checkpoint on the outskirts
of the town of Isabela, on Basilan Island.

This Abu Sayyaf group was responsible for a series of kidnappings and attacks from 1993 to 1995

On 14 April 1995, Abu Sayyaf attacked the town of Ipil, robbing banks, and burning the town center and
fleeing with 30 hostages, men, women, and children. The Ipil attack left 53 people dead and many
wounded.

Despite the initial success of the joint Philippine and U.S. Balikatan exercise against the Abu Sayyaf on
2002. the ASG has continued to carry out attacks on lightly guarded or “soft” targets, the same way
international terrorist groups have been known to do.

The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) is an Islamic separatist organization based in the
southern Philippines. It seeks an independent Islamic state for the Filipino Muslim
minority, known as the Moro people, Heavily influenced by Al Qaeda in its early
stages, the ASG started as a splinter group of the Moro National Liberation Front
(MNLF). this organization in the Philippines founded by Abdurajak Abubakar
Janjalani. Throughout the 1990s, the ASG gained recognition by turning to violence,
engaging in bombings, kidnapping, assassinations, and other attacks with a special
focus on Christians and foreigners. The ASG also targeted the Philippine military,
consistent with the organization’s professed goal of resisting the Philippine
government and establishing an independent Moro state
On July 31, 2018, a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint in Basilian’s Lamitan City,
killing at least 10 people, including the driver, a Philippine Army Special Forces
sergeant, four Philippine Army-led local militiamen, and several civilians including a
woman and child.[39]The AFP has assigned blame on militants linked to the ASG.
The ASG’s kidnapping activities themselves appear to be profit-driven rather than
politically motivated, although the ransoms fund weapons and other supplies.
The ASG is the smallest and most radical of the Philippines’ Islamic separatist
groups, and the Philippine government does not consider it a legitimate
negotiating partner. Likewise, because the ASG purportedly aims to create an
independent state through violent resistance rather than negotiation, it has
shown little inclination towards peace talks with the Philippine government.[