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Jeffrey Schilling
On 12 April2001 Philippine Marines rescue American Jeffrey Schilling, 25, from Abu Sayyaff terrorists led by Kadhaffy Janjalani, after being held for eight months. The operation took place ten days after the captors threatened to behead the hostage. Troops found Schilling barefoot and pockmarked with mosquito bites when they rescued him Thursday in Lu’uk town on Jolo island in Sulu. The troops found him chained in a hut, freed him and took him to a military base. Colonel Amando Custodio, head of Task Force Comet who led the operation together with the 2nd Marine Brigade under Col. Renato Miranda, said the operations were launched at noon on Maundy Thursday after the team received information about Schilling’s presence. The colonel also said the fighting took 15 minutes. Schilling is a Muslim convert who was taken hostage when he visited thee rebel camp in August 2000 with his wife, Ivy Osani. Osani who was a cousin to a rebel, was not held. April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
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History of the Marines (scroll down to The Crushing of Abubakar)
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