Maria Ressa breaks silence on Ces Drilon kidnapping

From ABS-CBN (Oct 29): Maria Ressa breaks silence on Ces Drilon kidnapping

Former ABS-CBN News chief and now Rappler CEO Maria Ressa admitted she became emotional during the launch of her new book “10 days, 10 years: From Bin Laden to Facebook.”  Speaking to ANC’s Headstart, Ressa said the book launch was the first time for her to speak publicly about the kidnapping of ABS-CBN senior correspondent Ces Drilon and cameramen Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderama on June 8, 2008 and their release 10 days later.... Drilon, Encarnacion and Valderama were kidnapped in Maimbung, Sulu, Jolo while pursuing a possible interview with Abu Sayyaf leader Radulan Sahiron.... She said her book details everything about the kidnapping including transcripts of phone conversations between the kidnappers and the crisis committee and what they had to do get the 3 journalists and Prof. Octavio Dinampo free. She also revealed the six degrees of separation between Radulan Sahiron's group and the al Qaeda leadership of OSama bin Laden....  She also noted jihadist cell groups continue to spread their ideology through social media even if the topmost al Qaeda leaders have been arrested. “The [Moro Islamic Liberation Front] has kicked out those linked to terrorism, the [Jemaah Islamiyah] and the Abu Sayyaf. Although that's one victory, that only leads to the next problem that all of the other cells below the leadership that continue to grow and spread ideology,” she said. “As long as there's injustice in the Muslim world, they will use that. It's about power. It is no longer al Qaeda as top down. Now it's bottom up and they are connecting through Facebook,” she added.

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