Albader Parad

Al-bader Parad, an Abu sayaf spokesman/leader who was responsible for several kidnappings in the southern part of the Philippines, including the recent ICRC workers kidnapping, where three ICRC workers a Swiss national Andreas Notter, 38, Italian Eugenio Vagni, 62, and Filipina Mary Jean Lacaba, 37, were seized on January 15 in Patikul town after inspecting a water and sanitation project a prison facility.

Al-Bader Parad has been described in reports as “young and violent” and “a notorious militant leader. News reports tag him as a ranking Abu Sayyaf leader in Sulu with a US$15,000 bounty for the neutralization of Parad.

Parad was also involved in the kidnappings of well-known ABS-CBN television reporter Ces Drilon and two of her crew, while pursuing a story in the southernmost province of Sulu. She was later released after ransom was paid, but government still denies there was any ransom paid.

In one incident Parad was reportedly injured and at one point rumored to have been killed in one of the clashes with the military. But this was later proven to be false when Philippine Senator Richard Gordon, also head of the Philippine National Red Cross was in contact with the Abu sayaf leader.

It was later reported that it was Sen. Richard Gordon who have interfered with the military operations, and pressured the military to withdraw from the area, in exchange for the release of one single Hostage which didn’t materialized. In similar situation with the Ces Drilon Kidnapping, where several politicians were unofficially negotiating with the Abu Sayaf bandits. It’s interesting to note that the kidnappers have direct access to high profile politicians, and have the means to communicate even in the harsh conditions of the jungle.

Reported Involvements

• Sidapan Kidnapping – April 23, 2000 Using high-powered speedboats, the Abu Sayyaf kidnapped 20 foreigners and a Filipino from a dive resort in Sipadan, Malaysia. Most of the hostages were released in the following months; the last hostage, Roland Ulla (Filipino), was able to escape on June 6, 2003.
• Beheading of 7 Kidnapped Workers – On April 15, 2007, Sulu Gov. Benjamin Loong said Abu Sayyaf bandits led by Al-Bader Parad and Adong Addak abducted seven persons in Parang town in Sulu. Loong said the kidnappers were demanding P5 million in exchange for the release of the victims–six workers of a government project and a laborer of a dried fish factory.
• Abu Encounter in Sulu Kills 19 Soldiers – On August 9, 2007, at least 19 soldiers were killed and 12 others wounded after Army troops clashed with suspected Abu Sayyaf extremists in Maimbung, Sulu. Army Colonel Mark Antonio Supnet, chief of the 104th Infantry Brigade, said the Moro extremists were reportedly led by Abu Sayyaf commanders Albader Parad and Doctor Abu.
• Lao Kidnapping – Marine Forces South (Marforsouth) chief Brig. Gen. Jonathan Martir said based on intelligence report, the group of Abu Sayyaf leader Al-Bader Parad was possibly responsible in the abduction of Jolo trader Maria Rosalie Lao in January 2008.
• Ces Drilon Kidnapping – In June 2008, Parad’s name, along with Gapur Jundain, was implicated to the kidnapping of broadcast-journalist Ces Oreña-Drilon, but was later not included in the charge sheet.
• ICRC Workers Kidnapping – On January 15, 2009, three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers–Mary-Jean Lacaba, a Filipino; Eugenio Vagni, an Italian; and Andreas Notter, a Swiss–were abducted near the Patikul museum beside the provincial capitol of Jolo, Sulu. – Gmanews.tv

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