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  AVON + JWs = Abductions

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  http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-asia/2002/aug/21/082101837.html

  today: august 21, 2002 at 3:50:29 pdt .

  philippine rebels seize hostages.

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  Military: Jolo captives
  are preachers, not salesmen
  Posted: 10:19 PM (Manila Time) | Aug. 21, 2002 INQ7.net

  THE MILITARY said on Wednesday the latest kidnap victims of suspected Muslim guerrillas on the southern island of Jolo were not cosmetics salesmen as earlier reported but preachers from the religious group Jehovah's Witnesses.
  
  

  GMA Network's "Frontpage" newscast quoted Brig. Gen. Romeo Tolentino, commander of the 104th Brigade in Jolo, as saying they were mistakenly reported as salesmen of the cosmetics firm Avon because they were carrying an Avon bag filled with religious leaflets and herbal medicine to be distributed during their preaching mission.
  Eight people earlier identified as Avon salesmen were snatched near the Jolo town of Patikul on Tuesday by two men who hitched a ride in their van and then suddenly pulled out guns, southern Philippines military chief Lieutenant General Ernesto Carolina said.
  Two of the captives were freed Wednesday, leaving the gunmen with six captives, including five women, the military said.
  
  There are fears that the group may have been kidnapped by allies of the Abu Sayyaf Muslim rebel group for use as human shields to ward off a military operation against them.
  
  Patikul is a known lair of the Abu Sayyaf, known for abducting Christians and foreigners in the south. The US government earlier this year sent military advisers to nearby Basilan island to help the Filipino troops fighting the Abu Sayyaf.