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Chrysalis,

You are being unfair to the Australian government.

7.30 profiles kidnapped traveller Warren Rodwell

transcripts of program

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HAYDEN COOPER: A ruthless army of Muslim terrorists, Abu Sayyaf usually targets Christians or foreigners from whom it believes it can profit, according to professor Clive Williams.

CLIVE WILLIAMS: Local officials had warned Rodwell that he was at risk if he remained in that area but apparently he'd bought himself a gun and said he could look after himself, being an ex army guy.

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The ransom was $2million, not $25,000.