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...Pakistani Sovereignty demanded $2 million and the release of Pakistan?s former Taliban ambassador in exchange for Pearl. In Quetta, police said they detained the Taliban?s former Chief Justice and Deputy Foreign Minister but that their subsequent whereabouts were unknown. THE PHILIPPINES New Front The jungle island of Basilan became the latest focus of the war on terrorism as U.S. and Philippine troops launched joint military exercises against Islamic extremists. The six-month mission, Washington?s first outside Afghanistan, will deploy about 600 U.S. personnel, including 150 special forces, to train and advise Philippine soldiers fighting Abu Sayyaf guerrillas...
...train the Philippine army for its ongoing fight against Abu Sayyaf, a group of Islamic fundamentalists with strong links to al Qaeda. The American forces, invited by the Philippine government, will train the Philippine military to fight the insurgents hiding in the jungles on the southern island of Basilan. We support Bush in this new effort to fight al Qaeda’s international network...
...Force Brigadier General Donald Wurster, head of all special operations in the Pacific, Army special forces, backed by commandos from other services, were setting up quarters last week for a 6- to 12-month stay at a camp on Mindanao, just a boat ride across the narrow strait from Basilan. Philippine counterparts are already taking delivery of U.S. equipment, including a C-130 cargo plane and eight Huey helicopters...
...sense that where there used to be thousands [of members], now there are only hundreds. Just as Osama bin Laden has been able to reign, so has the most notorious of the Abu Sayyaf still been able to reign, and that's Abu Sabaya. Many, many people think that Basilan is a little island, three miles by three miles; it's not. It's 30 miles by 30 miles, and the forest canopy is so thick that even if you're standing 10 feet apart you can't see each other. Whether or not there is a link between terrorists...
...Pentagon refers to the detainees as "unlawful combatants" - not prisoners of war entitled to the legal protections of the Geneva Conventions. Amid speculation that the Philippines could be the next target in the "war on terrorism," an undisclosed number of U.S. troops flew to the southern island of Basilan for "mutual training." The Philippines has been battling Islamic guerrilla groups since the 1970s...