www.state.gov/m/ds/rls/92948.htm In June 7 ceremony in Jolo City, U.S. Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney, Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Hermogenes Esperon, and senior Philippine Government officials witnessed the payment of US$10 million in rewards to Filipino citizens who provided key information leading to successful military operations against two notorious leaders of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group – Khadaffi Janjalani and Abu Solaiman.
The rewards were provided through the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security’s Rewards for Justice program, which provides cash rewards for information leading to the arrest of terrorists involved in acts of violence against U.S. citizens. | 
