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...front in the war on terror officially began last week when 660 U.S. soldiers got marching orders to accompany their Philippine counterparts into the jungles of miniscule Basilan Island on the fringe end of the Philippines. Their mission: to help take out the dreaded kidnap-extortionists known as Abu Sayyaf. What is not written in the "terms of reference" signed last week between Washington and Manila: let's turn a blind eye to the country's real terrorist threat to the north, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF...
...Muslim rebel Gang Abu Sayyaf is the right target for the U.S. military at the right time [WORLD, Jan. 28]. We allowed such renegade Muslim bands to grow into dangerous terror networks by ignoring them, and the Sept. 11 attacks followed. We should start with the small groups and work up to Saddam Hussein. H.H. CLEVELAND Temple, Texas...
...surrendered the Philippines' national sovereignty and now dances to the tune of the U.S. government. Foreign military intervention is not the answer. Instead, there should be social progress based on just relations among people and nations. The deployment of U.S. troops in the front lines of battle against Abu Sayyaf is a virtual admission by the highest civilian and military officials of the land that they are not capable of ensuring peace and order and that we need the U.S. to do our dirty work. (THE REV.) ISRAEL ISIDERIO ALVARAN Cavite, the Philippines...
...military is to win the ongoing fight against terrorism on its home soil, it must be provided with state-of-the-art equipment and specialized training by the U.S. That is the primary reason American forces are being stationed here temporarily to help our soldiers defeat the dreaded Abu Sayyaf bandit group. JIM VICTA HIPOLITO Kawit, the Philippines...
...Reyes, "we will fight it ourselves." In Lamitan, Private First Class Pawake Salian insists, "If we try hard enough, we will find them." That's the right spirit - especially from a soldier who has just finished a month-long tour in the jungle, without once bumping into the Abu Sayyaf...