"We were waging a religious war." "Foreign tourists were considered to be enemies by the Abu Sayyaf." "Tourists will be among the victims, and millions of dollars will come to the group for the creation of independent Islamic state." "This is jihad." "This is our religious obligation as a Muslim." "To defend the homeland, to defend the people." "We were not afraid to die for Islam." " Where are the rebels?" " Over here, there." "We were always told, "If you die for Islam, you go to heaven."" "I was really aspiring to become a good mujahid, and if possible, I will die for the cause of religion." "But when the group started to be influenced by people like Abu Sabaya, it became different." "I know you are frustrated, Abu Sabaya, but it's hard for me to convince them about the money." "I don't want to decapitate the heads of the hostages, but I can't guarantee what I will do if there is no development." "Two days ago, my men got engaged with gunfire again, and they are getting frustrated." "I only want your assurance that you will not harm the hostages." "There are no guarantees on the hostages." "We are wasting our time." "Their safety depends on you." "Abu Sabaya, whatever you read in the newspaper, it is different in reality." "You are insulting our talks." "I want to know the status of our requests." "We have beheaded one American, Guillermo Sobero." "The government might find his head in Tuburan." "They should hurry, otherwise there may be no more hostages left." "What is happening in the AS is no longer the way we wanted it before." "The beheading of the American national..." "I was disgusted." "Abu Sabaya loves violence." "He loves money." "There was a time when I almost think of killing him because he spoiled everything." "The group became factionalized." "Relationships have been broken because of ransom." "Abu Sabaya was keeping with him the hostages because it's the card that he can use." "Unless the money will be paid to him, he will not release the hostages." "The money was not received by Sabaya." "It is being kept by other people." "Sabaya was trying to reach them, that the money must be presented to him, but it wasn't delivered actually." "I was a good soldier for Islam." "But then I saw the atrocities committed by the group." "And I decided then to get out rather than struggle with people who are taking advantage of Islam for their own interests."