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...expert Mansoor Ijaz—who negotiated Sudan’s 1997 counterrorism offer to the Clinton administration—has noted, the Mukhabarat headquarters also yielded proof that the regime had funded Abu Sayyaf, al Qaeda’s regional affiliate in Southeast Asia, through its embassy in Manila. This matches up with reports by Philippine intelligence. Indeed, the Philippine government expelled Husham Hussain, deputy secretary of the Iraqi embassy, in February for terrorist connections. Phone records show that Hussain called two leading members of Abu Sayyaf directly before and directly after an Abu Sayyaf bombing in Zamboanga City...
...RETIRED. Jaime Cardinal Sin, 75, Archbishop of Manila, whose call for Filipinos to defy former Philippine strongman Ferdinand Marcos started the People Power revolution of 1986; in Manila. In the predominantly Catholic archipelago, Sin wielded enormous influence on such issues as government support for birth control, which he opposes. But the height of his power came in 1986-and again in January 2001, when Sin encouraged a second such public demonstration, which forced President Joseph Estrada from office. The ailing Sin, who suffered a mild stroke this past March, cloaked determination with a puckish sense of humor, greeting visitors...
...they expect policemen to live like priests?" MANILA POLICE OFFICER, after President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's government ordered a crackdown on police spending long hours in bars after work...
...Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had to cut short a visit to Brunei last week because her government discovered?and quashed?another coup attempt. According to her military Chief of Staff, generals were being offered $180,000 to help bring down the government and grunts $900. On her arrival back in Manila, Arroyo saluted a troop of assembled soldiers and described the threats against her as "futile." Blaring in the background was Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive...
...that he was frequently sent to the bank to deposit and withdraw large sums from an account the First Gentleman controlled under an alias. But it turned out Lacson may have been duped by his star witness. Mahusay, who under Lacson's care had retreated to a hotel outside Manila (the Senator, a former national police chief, said he had Mahusay in "protective custody"), soon changed his tune. At his next court appearance, he said he had lied all along to get back at the Arroyos for accusing him of stealing a cell phone. He even offered an apology...