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...bases in 1991. The Bush Administration was eager to regain a military foothold there. Last November, when Arroyo visited Washington, the President offered to send U.S. combat troops to join the Abu Sayyaf chase--despite a clause in the Philippine constitution prohibiting foreigners from fighting on the nation's soil. But a visiting-forces agreement signed in 1999 allows U.S. troops to join in military exercises...
...firefights in the south have laid waste to the tourism industry. And now the international war on terrorism has come to her shores, but the possibility of a victory in the long-running skirmish against Abu Sayyaf has been complicated by assertions that by inviting foreign troops on Philippine soil, she has violated the constitution (see following story). It is the latest, and perhaps the largest, issue through which she could define her presidency?or find herself overwhelmed...
...nationality. It comes in many guises and has as its only objective the destruction of good. I implore good and wise people to be wary of the evil that may lurk not only in the caves of Tora Bora but also in the corridors of power on their own soil. ATIF RAHMAN Islamabad, Pakistan...
...What steps will be taken to prevent the soil and contaminants from becoming airborne?” asked Sheldon Krimsky, a resident of the Agassiz area and Tufts professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning...
Pakistan, on its side, did aid the insurgency, although it claimed it gave only moral and political support. One thing it never denied was that militants were based on its soil, many in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. That's a dangerous claim in the post-Sept. 11 world. It means you are harboring terrorists, just as the Taliban harbored al-Qaeda. "America must ensure that those who are part of the war on terrorism are themselves not guilty of providing a safe haven to terrorists," proclaims hard-line Indian Home Minister L.K. Advani, referring to Pakistan...