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MANILA, Philippines--Mutinous soldiers left their last strongholds in Manila late yesterday after U.S. warplanes intervened to help put down the most serious coup attempt since President Corazon Aquino took office...
...American action enabled Aquino's government to consolidate its forces and block rebels from moving against the palace and other points in the capital...
...Renato de Villa, military chief of staff, said the sixth coup attempt against Aquino had failed. Manila radio stations broadcast a statement from the president last night saying the "enemy is routed, but is not yet vanquished...
Honasan supported Aquino when she came to power in February, 1986 in a military-civilian uprising that ousted the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos, but turned against her because of the government's alleged failure to end corruption and curb a Communist insurgency...
Shortly before that, rebel sources told The Associated Press they expected Aquino to resign within...