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...were working as missionaries in the Philippines when they were abducted in May 2001 by the terror and kidnap gang known as Abu Sayyaf. More than a year later, Philippine soldiers swooped in to save them, but Martin and another hostage, Ediborah Yap, were fatally shot during the ensuing firefight. Now home in Kansas, Gracia has found herself in the cross fire again over her memoir, In the Presence of My Enemies. Even before the book was released in the Philippines, reports emerged that Burnham charges a Philippine soldier with firing the shot that killed her husband and that members...
...anti-American demonstration held Wednesday at the culmination of the Kerbala pilgrimage drew only a few thousand of the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. Much depends, in fact, on the exact nature of Washington's plans. And those are the subject of a fierce, and increasingly bitter political firefight in Washington - witness the charge Defense Policy Board member Newt Gingrich, Tuesday, that State Department officials on Garner's team had been sent to undermine President Bush's goals in Iraq...
Poor and lawless, the southern Philippine region of Mindanao has for decades hosted criminal gangs engaging in everything from gunrunning to extortion to kidnapping. It has also provided a haven for insurgent groups seeking to establish Islamic or communist states. Hardly a week goes by without a firefight, a bomb attack or a snatching. Just last Tuesday, the Philippine military unleashed yet another full-scale offensive near the town of Pikit against Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) militants, resulting in the deaths of at least 160 guerrillas and eight soldiers, and prompting the exodus of some 40,000 civilians...
...Rahim's mountain hideout on Jan. 27. Surprise was on the Americans' side as dozens of Afghan soldiers and U.S. special forces launched the attack. "Their leader Rahim only had time to grab his turban and run," chuckled one pro-U.S. commander, Abdul Raziq Achakzai. An initial firefight with the rebels lasted just 10 minutes. Then, a swarm of green helicopters dropped out of the clouds and disgorged 250 Marines. They took cover on the rocky slopes, trying to seal off their adversaries' escape...
...reason the Bush Administration won't take the latest firefight to the Security Council is that most of the Council doesn't share Washington's interpretation of the resolution as it applies to the "no-fly" zone. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has made clear that the international body does not view "no-fly" zone confrontations as a violation of the resolution. "Let me say that I don't think the Council will say that this is in contravention of the resolution that was recently passed," Annan told reporters Tuesday during a visit to Kosovo...