S: (n) Abu Sayyaf, Bearer of the Sword (a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping) "In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives"
S: (n) Moro Islamic Liberation Front (a terrorist group in the southern Philippines formed in 1977 to establish an independent Islamic state for the Moros; have clashed with troops at United States bases)
S: (n) New People's Army, NPA (a terrorist organization that is the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines; a Maoist organization formed to overthrow the government; uses hit squads called Sparrow Units; opposes United States military presence in the Philippines)
S: (n) Pentagon Gang (a Filipino terrorist group that broke away from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in 2001 in order to continue terrorism and kidnapping and extortion)
S: (n) Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN (an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism)