ZAMBOANGA CITY: Former Abu Sayyaf hostage, Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani, blamed a Filipino journalist for his capture by the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group in the southern Philippines.
Atyani, the Pakistan bureau chief of Al-Arabiya television, hadsneaked into camps of the terror group along with his two Filipino assistants, Rolando Letrero and Ramelito Vela, to film Moro National Liberation Front and leaders of the Abu Sayyaf that authorities have linked to al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya, but were taken prisoner. His two Filipino companions were freed in February 2013.
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