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...small community of Simuay Crossing on the Philippines' southern island of Mindanao, Mohammad Sabri Selamah fit in just fine. He spoke three local dialects, had lived in Mindanao for almost a decade and was raising four kids with his Philippine Muslim wife. Selamah, a Palestinian carrying Iraqi travel documents, worked as the head teacher at a Koranic recitation center attached to a local orphanage. Datu Tucao Mastura, mayor of the nearby municipality of Sultaan Kudarat, says, "There was never any suggestion he was doing anything except his work at the school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rumbles in the Jungle | 3/4/2002 | See Source »

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