Senanotr Aquilino Pimentel yesterday sought a Senate inquiry to answer the
question; “Is the Abu Sayyaf a creation of the Central Intelligence Agency?”
Pimientel told a press conference that “bits of information” have been reaching his office indicating that the American spy agency had a hand in forming the Abu Sayyaf – ironically, in cahoots with covert units in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
“Piecing bits of information together makes out a case, at least pro tanto, that the Abu Sayyaf might indeed be a creation of the CIA and had been covertly supported by select military officers during the administration of President (Fidel) Ramos,” Pimentel said.
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