On April 8 , 2004 , Buan , commanding the 1st Scout Ranger Battalion as a lieutenant colonel in Basilan , figured in a firefight with Abu Sayyaf leader Hamsiraji Sali and six others including Sali 's younger brother Sahir , also called Yashier Sali . Hamsiraji Sali was implicated in the kidnapping of an American Jeffrey Schilling , the 2001 Dos Palmas kidnappings and had a $ 1M bounty on his head . All six Abu Sayyaf members were killed . Buan 's troops suffered one killed and four wounded , including Buan himself
Dos Palmas kidnappings
Dos Palmas kidnappings
Noel S. Buan