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With the Taliban regime ousted from Afghanistan and Osama bin Laden in hiding, President George W. Bush has opened a new front in the war against terrorism. As of Jan. 15 the first of what will become a force of 650 military advisors arrived in the Philippines to train the Philippine army for its ongoing fight against Abu Sayyaf, a group of Islamic fundamentalists with strong links to al Qaeda. The American forces, invited by the Philippine government, will train the Philippine military to fight the insurgents hiding in the jungles on the southern island of Basilan. We support Bush...
...smuggling economy spawned by sanctions and Iraq's limited oil production. And the regional political climate is quite different from 1991, with anti-American feeling running at a fever pitch throughout the Arab world because of the deteriorating Israeli-Palestinian situation. The plight of the Iraqis and Palestinians are Osama bin Laden's favorite propaganda themes precisely because they are founts of hostility towards the U.S. throughout the Arab world. The last time Washington sought Arab support for taking on Saddam, it also leaned on the Israelis to make peace with the Palestinians. But having lately given Ariel Sharon carte...
TIME: In your conversations, does President Bush say, "Tony, I'm coming to your big agenda, just let me get Osama bin Laden first"? BLAIR: No, but what he does say, unprompted, is that the humanitarian mission in Afghanistan is important, and we need to make sure that Afghanistan is left in a proper state...
...wipe out Abu Sayyaf? Is that frustrating for you? It's complicated, as I think the world has seen in the problem of getting Osama bin Laden and wiping out al-Qaeda. We have been able to break the back of the Abu Sayyaf in the sense that where there used to be thousands [of members], now there are only hundreds. Just as Osama bin Laden has been able to reign, so has the most notorious of the Abu Sayyaf still been able to reign, and that's Abu Sabaya. Many, many people think that Basilan is a little island...
...adherence to the Convention's articles was criticized by Bush advisers, who are adamant that the treaty does not apply to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda prisoners. The White House is worried that granting the detainees anything but a terrorist label will make it harder to interrogate them about Osama bin Laden's network. Nevertheless, at a National Security Council meeting today, they were expected to review the detainees' status...