Published January 27, 2021, 6:36 PM
Twenty-one years ago, then Capt. Cirilito Sobejana was given information that a group of Abu Sayyaf fighters led by its original founder Abdurajak Janjalani was encamped near his area of responsibility in Isabela, Basilan. He was just promoted to Captain then and was serving as the commander of the First Scout Ranger Company.
Lt. Gen. Cirilito E. Sobejana, commander of the Western Mindanao Command (6th Infantry Division – Kampilan Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)
During that time, the Abu Sayyaf Group had just been formed by Abdurajak Janjalani, a veteran of the Afghanistan war, after breaking away from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) led by Nur Misuari.
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countryside in rural missouri. the mapmaker had discovered the human skull in a remote area of the ranch. teena orling was his supervisor. he was a professional mapmaker from finland, and he saw the skull within the first few days here. he did not say anything to me or to anyone else about it because he was afraid. but three months later, just before he returned to finland, the mapmaker finally told teena about the skull. using a detailed map of the ranch and following the mapmaker s directions, teena and the scout ranger searched for the skull. they found what they were looking for in a sparsely wooded clearing. along with the skull, searchers found a few strands of hair, a lower jaw, and about 40 bones, including a pelvic bone, a femur, and some ribs.
countryside in rural missouri. the map maker had discovered the human skull in a remote area of the ranch. teena orling was his supervisor. he was a professional map maker from finland, and he saw the skull within the first few days here. he did not say anything to me or to anyone else about it because he was afraid. but three months later, just before he returned to finland, the map maker finally told teena about the skull. using a detailed map of the ranch and following the map maker s directions, teena and the scout ranger searched for the skull. they found what they were looking for in a sparsely wooded clearing. along with the skull, searchers found a few strands of hair, a lower jaw, and about 40 bones, including a pelvic bone, a femur, and some ribs. my initial thought was it may possibly be an indian grave