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...regime. By establishing a dictatorship and turning this once prosperous country into an economic basket case, Marcos has destroyed the democratic form of government. Only the election of a popular leader like Corazon Aquino, the widow of assassinated Opposition Leader Ninoy Aquino, can hold back the Communists. George Carrion Makati, Philippines...
...southern cities of Davao and General Santos, Sulaiman was again on the radio, asserting that Abu Sayyaf's "gallant warriors of Islam" were behind the blasts. But his last words were: "There is one more to come." About 20 minutes later, a bomb went off on a bus in Makati, Metro Manila's financial center. The toll for the day: 12 dead and more than 100 wounded...
...final objective, eluded him because of the sudden illness that took his life, putting an untimely end to his quest to spread the faith to all four corners of the world. St. Francis Xavier is highly venerated because of his evangelical achievement and nothing more. Albert Tan-Mo Makati, the Philippines...
...government post that provides only a small salary. Most Philippine politicians hide their personal goals behind a veneer of public service. The Philippine electorate cannot be entirely blamed for the resulting corruption, because voters often don't have very good candidates to choose from. Leo A. Barrosa Makati City, the Philippines...
Hambali and his lieutenants were also charged with casing targets, including the U.S and British embassies in Bangkok, various nightclubs in Thailand and shopping complexes frequented by Westerners in the elite Makati district of Manila. Jewish and Israeli sites received close attention. Though anti-Semitism is central to al-Qaeda's creed, the group has not traditionally focused on attacking Jews. That may have changed last November, when suicide bombers struck a Mombasa hotel frequented by Israelis, killing 13 people, and two shoulder-launched missiles were fired at an Israeli plane nearby. The Kenyan attacks may presage more to come...