With none of the important moving parts anywhere near
under our control and the United States largely uninterested
in spite of Sobero’s murder, I headed back to Washington,
D.C. It seemed like there was little we could do.
Then 9/11 changed everything.
Once a minor terrorist outfit, the Abu Sayyaf was
suddenly linked to Al Qaeda. And then a Philippine TV
reporter named Arlyn dela Cruz got into the Abu Sayyaf
camp and videotaped Sabaya as he taunted the American
missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham, who were so
emaciated they looked like concentration camp survivors.
The video hit the U.S. news media like thunder. Suddenly,
the case became a major U.S. government priority.
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