71.   Elsewhere in the southern Philippines, another armed Muslim group, the Abu Sayyaf, is holding hostage an American missionary couple and a Filipina nurse on Basilan island.

72.   Elsewhere in the south, a US Christian missionary couple and a Filipina nurse are being held captive by the Abu Sayyaf rebel group.

73.   The rebels still hold a US Christian missionary couple and a Filipina nurse from the raid.

74.   They still hold a US missionary couple and a Filipina hostage in nearby Basilan, the remaining hostages from their latest kidnapping spree last May.

75.   Their current hostages, American missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham and Filipina nurse Deborah Yap, are the remnants of the latest hostage taking spree launched in May.

76.   They have been holding a US missionary couple for eight months in remote, jungled southern islands and beheaded another American hostage.

77.   They are still holding an American missionary couple and a Filipina nurse in Basilan, the remnants of their last kidnapping spree launched last May.

78.   They have been holding a US missionary couple for eight months in remote, jungled southern islands and have also beheaded another American hostage.

79.   This will include joint operations in Basilan island against the Abu Sayyaf guerrillas who are still holding an American missionary couple and a Filipina hostage for eight months.

80.   US Christian missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham are still held hostage along with a Filipina nurse seized in a separate abduction in Basilan.