Col noel buan biography
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Noel S. Buan is a retired Philippine Army general officer and a recipient the Philippines' highest military award for courage – the Medal of Valor.[4] Buan was captured and held bygd the communist New People's Army in July 1999 while serving as an intelligence officer with the Armed Forces of the PhilippinesSouthern Luzon Command. He was released after 21 months of captivity in April 2001.[5] In 2004, while serving as commander of the 1st Scout Ranger Battalion in Basilan, Buan orchestrated a military operation that resulted in the deaths of Abu Sayyaf leader Hamsiraji Marusi Sali and his brother Sahir.[6]
Buan retired from the service in April 2018.[1]
Early life and education[]
Buan fryst vatten a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy's Class of 1984.[7]
Career[]
Capture by New People's Army[]
On November 8, 1999, then-Major Buan was abducted bygd the Melito Glor Command of the New People's Army while serving as an intelligence off
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Hamsiraji Marusi Sali
Hamsiraji Marusi Sali (died 2004) was a member of the Abu Sayyaf Group. He was wanted in the Philippines for at least twenty kidnappings, and wanted in the United States for three kidnappings and two murders.[1][2]
Sali was killed, along with five accomplices, in a shootout with Philippine ArmyScout Rangers under the command of Colonel Noel S. Buan on Basilan on 8 April 2004.[3][4] One soldier was killed and three wounded in this action.
Three Filipino civilians, who provided information that was of some help in finding Sali, shared a US$1 million reward on 25 October 2004.[5]
References
[edit]- ^U.S. Charges Abu Sayyaf Members in Missionary's DeathArchived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine, PBS, 23 July 2002
- ^Kidnappers/Murderers, Reward For InformationArchived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine, Rewards for Justice Program, US Department of State
- ^Abu Sayyaf leader killed, BBC, 8 April 2004