General Ahmad Islam Santos

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  www.afpc.org/publication_listings/viewBulletin/209 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/2/2008    Last Visited: 7/31/2008  

  The measure also marks the RSM's leader, Ahmad Santos, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under U.S. Federal law.

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  www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2008-07-20&sec=1&aid - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/20/2008    Last Visited: 7/20/2008  

  The US State Department named RSM and its leader, Ahmad Santos, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists or SDGTs while describing RSM as responsible for reprehensible acts that include killing citizens and tourists in the Philippines to advance their terrorist agenda.
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  Santos is a 42-year-old Catholic-turned Muslim convert who founded the RSM then linked to the Abu Sayyaf Group.
  
  With known addresses in Cubao, Quezon City, Sangandaan, Caloocan City and Anda, Pangasinan, Santos founded the ‘Fi-Sabilillah Da'awa and Media Foundation Incorporated.He was arrested in October 2005 and remains in detention.
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  Pareja assumed a senior leadership role for RSM following the arrests of RSM leader Santos and RSM second-in-command Pio de Vera in 2005.

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  www.kuwaittimes.net/international.asp?dismode=article&a - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/21/2005    Last Visited: 12/21/2005  

  The Philippine intelligence officials said de Vera could have replaced Ahmad Islam Santos, the founder of the Rajah Solaiman Movement, after his arrest at a militant hideout in Zamboanga in October.

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  www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0806/S00348.htm - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/16/2008    Last Visited: 6/17/2008  

  The Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM), a Philippines-based extremist group, was established by Ahmad Santos in January 2002.Santos, has been involved in the planning of bombings against Philippine and non-Philippine civilians and the stockpiling of weapons to conduct those operations.RSM was involved in the 2005 Valentine's Day bombings in Manila, General Santos and Davao, plus plots to bomb high profile targets, including Manila public utilities, tourist areas, and the U.S. Embassy in Manila.More >>

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  Published on: 5/1/2008    Last Visited: 7/31/2008  

  Today's measure also marks the RSM's leader, Ahmad Santos, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under U.S. federal law.

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  www.andinia.com/b2evolution/index.php/outdoor-news/outd - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/28/2006    Last Visited: 6/30/2008  

  Designation of the Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) and Ahmad (Ahmed) Santos
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  To implement this UN action, on June 16, 2008 the Department of State designated RSM and its leader, Ahmad (Ahmed) Santos, under E.O. 13224 as Specially Designated Global Terrorists.Seven additional RSM operatives have also been designated under Executive Order 13224 by the Treasury Department.RSM has received training, funds, and operational assistance from the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and Jemaah Islamiya, two designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations, which are also included on the UN 1267 list.
  
  The RSM, a Philippines-based extremist group, was established by Ahmad Santos in January 2002.Santos, has been involved in the planning of bombings against Philippine and non-Philippine civilians and the stockpiling of weapons to conduct those operations.RSM has assisted with terrorist plots of the ASG in Manila and in the northern Philippines.
  
  In February 2004, RSM members were involved in ASG's bombing of Super Ferry 14, resulting in the loss of an estimated 116 lives, the worst act of maritime terrorism in recent history.RSM members were also involved in the February 2005 Valentine's Day bombings in the Philippine cities of Manila, General Santos and Davao as well as several plots to bomb high profile targets, including Manila public utilities, tourist areas, and the U.S. Embassy in Manila.

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  ABC News: Philippines says arrests Islamic militant... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/26/2005    Last Visited: 10/26/2005  

  Ahmad Islam Santos, the head of a radical Muslim convert group with ties to the Abu Sayyaf terror group, and eight suspected militants were caught from a house in Zamboanga, one of the largest cities on the southern island of Mindanao.
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  Adan said that Santos and his companions did not resist arrest when a combined team of soldiers and police officers stormed the hideout early on Wednesday.

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  ABS-CBN Interactive - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/3/2005    Last Visited: 11/3/2005  

  The Philippine National Police on Thursday placed its antiterrorism operatives on heightened alert following a report that the jihadist Rajah Solaiman Movement would launch attacks in Metro Manila in reprisal for the arrest of RSM founder Hilarion del Rosario, alias Ahmad Santos.
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  Santos, brother of RSM founder Ahmad Santos, was arrested in Cubao, Quezon City, in March on a charge of gun possession and was implicated in a plot to bomb a club in Malate, Manila, during Holy Week.
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  Tirso Danga, Armed Forces deputy chief of staff for Intelligence (J-2), said the AFP had been keeping Santos under constant surveillance since his release but "that he dropped from the screen" sometime last week.
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  His "disappearance" coincided with the arrest of Ahmad Santos in Zamboanga City.

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  BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Philippines arrests key... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/26/2005    Last Visited: 10/26/2005  

  One of those detained was Ahmad Santos, the head of a group of Islamic converts called the Rajah Solaiman Movement.
  
  A military spokesman said the suspects were arrested in pre-dawn raids in the southern city of Zamboanga.
  
  He alleged that they had been planning bomb attacks in predominantly Christian cities around the Philippines.

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  CRUEL KEV'S SCUTTELBUTT: November 2005 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/1/2005    Last Visited: 5/23/2006  

  The Philippine National Police on Thursday placed its antiterrorism operatives on heightened alert following a report that the jihadist Rajah Solaiman Movement would launch attacks in Metro Manila in reprisal for the arrest of RSM founder Hilarion del Rosario, alias Ahmad Santos.
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  Santos, brother of RSM founder Ahmad Santos, was arrested in Cubao, Quezon City, in March on a charge of gun possession and was implicated in a plot to bomb a club in Malate, Manila, during Holy Week.
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  Tirso Danga, Armed Forces deputy chief of staff for Intelligence (J-2), said the AFP had been keeping Santos under constant surveillance since his release but "that he dropped from the screen" sometime last week.
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  His "disappearance" coincided with the arrest of Ahmad Santos in Zamboanga City.

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