91.   So island, where the group has been holding hostage a Christian missionary couple since June.

92.   The Abu Sayyaf are still holding an American missionary couple and a Filipina nurse in Basilan.

93.   The Abu Sayyaf is holding a US missionary couple in the Basilan jungle and demanding two million dollars for their release.

94.   The Abu Sayyaf is holding an American missionary couple and a Filipina nurse hostage in nearby Basilan island, which will be the focus of the joint military operations.

95.   The Abu Sayyaf is holding US missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham and a Filipina nurse, kidnapped nearly a year ago.

96.   The Abu Sayyaf are holding an American missionary couple and a Filipina nurse hostage in the south.

97.   The American Christian missionary couple were taken hostage by Abu Sayyaf Muslim guerrillas in the southern Philippines in May last year.

98.   The Abu Sayyaf group seized the missionary couple, a third American and numerous Filipinos in their latest kidnapping spree launched in May.

99.   The Abu Sayyaf hold an American missionary couple and a Filipina nurse hostage in Basilan.

100.   The Abu Sayyaf is also holding captive three hostages, including US Christian missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham, seized in a kidnapping spree last year.