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...American military assistance to the Philippines has jumped from $38 million in 2001 to $114 million this year?making it the fourth largest recipient of U.S. military aid. Last week President Bush promised development money for the southern island of Mindanao if a peace pact can be secured between Manila and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front...
...Tuesday, it must be Singapore. We're heading out later today for the sixth leg of our 26,000 mile journey. Sunday was an absurdly blinding three countries in one day - woke up in Japan at 3 AM, then to Manila for eight hours of showing the flag and then to Thailand, the centerpiece of the trip, and the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting. I understand the rush but did Bush really need to spend more time in Fresno and Riverside, CA than he did in Japan and the Philippines? Did he really need the extra campaign cash? (Granted...
...Ghozi, a member of the Southeast Asian militant Islamic group Jemaah Islamiah, had been on the run since July, after escaping from a Philippine maximum-security prison while serving a 10-year jail term for explosives possession. He was also a suspect in the December 2000 bombing of a Manila train station in which 22 people died. Philippine police said al-Ghozi was killed in a shootout. Authorities denied allegations from leftist militants and some politicians that the fugitive was executed while in custody in order to score points with U.S. President George W. Bush in advance...
...Bush's staunch ally in the War on Terror. Her presidency is also threatened by a restive Philippine military. We've seen this play before: during a coup attempt against former President Corazon Aquino in 1989, the first President Bush ordered U.S. warplanes to buzz the skies over Manila in order to show that the U.S. was against the mutineers...
...Manila: International Risk Management Locals trained by former SAS and Delta Force fighters, they've guarded Hollywood celebs and royal families. Cost: $250 per 12-hour shift...