Word: mindanao
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...time for the U.S. to pay. There will be about 600 troops in Mindanao and more than $100 million in military hardware. American troops will join Philippine soldiers on patrols, two per company, no more than 160 in the field at a given time. Protest about American intervention simmers in Manila, but in places like Lamitan, the natives are welcoming, desperate to see some kind of order restored...
...Speculation here is that if things go well against Abu Sayyaf in Basilan, the next target may be other members of the group in Jolo, or Moro Liberation Front guerrillas in Mindanao or even the communist New People's Army insurgents in Luzon...
Under the top-gun command of Air 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...
...moments, she appears to be sleeping, ignoring the helicopter's incessant buzz and shutting her eyes to the beauty of the Cordillera Mountains below. She has taken off her reading glasses and put away the newspapers. Coup rumors, strife in the southern island of Mindanao, the landing of hundreds of American soldiers that her critics are calling an invasion?these are subjects she now deals with every day. She knows that beneath the daily cacophony assailing her?the sneers, the ingratiation, the pleading and cajoling, and the doubts, always the doubts?are the same questions that have haunted her presidency...
...backer, General Angelo Reyes, the army's Chief of Staff, was installed as Arroyo's Defense Secretary. And though she insists the military is "truly professional, not political," she's been careful not to cross them. With the U.S. opening a second front, in Mindanao, in its war on terrorism, the military's role in the Philippines is sure to grow, enhancing the prestige?and coffers?of an already restive officer's corps. Arroyo could find her job requires even more barracks management. The army isn't the only one she has to coddle, either. Her backers during EDSA...