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Khadaffy Janjalani
The 31-year-old Abu Sayyaf leader was reportedly killed in an encounter with marines in September 2006. Police and US forces are conducting DNA tests on a body recovered in Sulu in late December believed to be that of Janjalani. - Birthdate: March 3, 1975
- Birthplace: Isabela, Basilan
- Aliases: Khadafi Abubakar Janjalam, Khaddafy Abubakar Janjalani, Abu Muktar, Amir Khadafi Abubaker Janjalani, Khadafi Abu Muktar, Jimar Manalad Montanio, Khadafi Montanio, Abu Mochtar ("The good-hearted"), "Daf", Omar Bin Salik, Amir, Tuan Daf
- Languages: Tausug, Tagalog, limited Arabic and English
- Personality traits: quiet and reserved; thought to be indecisive; thought to have an elevated opinion of his abilities
- Abu Sayyaf leader (replaced Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani, as the nominal leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group)
- allegedly served as the Amir or spiritual leader of the ASG
- brother of Abu Sayyaf leaders Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani (killed in a clash with authorities in December 1998) and Hector Janjalani (arrested in 2001; imprisoned at the New Bilibid Prisons)
- escaped from detention in Camp Crame on May 29, 1995 together with another ASG member, Juvenal Bruno
- among those accused in the Dos Palmas and the Schilling kidnappings in 2001
- one of US' Most Wanted Terrorists; he was indicted in the District of Columbia for his alleged involvement in terrorist acts against US nationals and other foreign nationals in and around the Philippines; the US government is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading directly to his apprehension or conviction
