FILIPINO MOSLEM LEADER NUR MISUARI MEETS PHILIPPINES ARMED FORCES VICE-CHIEF OF STAFF JOSE CALIMLIM AND SOUTHERN COMMAND CHIEF.


Filipino Moslem leader Nur Misuari (C) is flanked by Philippines Armed Forces Vice-Chief of Staff Jose Calimlim (L) and southern command Chief Major General Diomedio Villanueva during their meeting at the Zamboanga airport in south Philippines April 27. Philippine President Joseph Estrada appointed Misuari to negotiate with the suspected Abu Sayyaf kidnappers who abducted at least 18 foreigners and two Filipino from a Malaysian island resort over the weekend.