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                    [ArticleID] => 723930
                    [Title] => Secret US anti-terror group reported to be active in Phl
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A secret US military organization rivaling the CIA has mounted intelligence-gathering missions and lethal raids not only in Afghanistan and Iraq but also in countries including the Philippines with which the United States is not at war, The Washington Post reported.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 506656 [Title] => A hero had climbed higher [Summary] => I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. [DatePublished] => 2009-09-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136065 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1284383 [AuthorName] => Dr. Harold J. Sala [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 276256 [Title] => BI, airport officials confirm Gracia’s trip [Summary] => Former Abu Sayyaf hostage American missionary Gracia Burnham was in town last year, immigration and airport officials confirmed yesterday.

And apparently, the surprise visit is puzzling to both Philippine and American officials.

Officials from the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) said Burnham and her three children arrived in Dec. 23, 2004 and left the country on Jan. 11, 2005.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259247 [Title] => Security tightened as Burnham testifies today vs Abus [Summary] => Security measures were tightened yesterday at Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan, Taguig where American missionary Gracia Burnham is scheduled to testify today against her former captors from the Abu Sayyaf group.

National Capital Region Police Office chief Director Ricardo de Leon ordered the heightening of the defense in and around the camp where the NCRPO is based.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805358 [AuthorName] => Non Alquitran [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259153 [Title] => Gracia Burnham returns to testify [Summary] => American Gracia Burnham, a former Abu Sayyaf hostage whose husband died in the operation to rescue the missionary couple two years ago, returned to the country the other night to testify against her abductors.

Burnham, escorted by two female American agents, will reportedly take the stand tomorrow in the suburban court trial of captured members of the extremist group who allegedly abducted her and her husband Martin, along with other hostages in May 2001, prosecution sources said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 207503 [Title] => The Burnhams: Mission Accomplished [Summary] => "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You lay a table before me in the presence of my enemies." – Psalm 23: 4, 5
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1544839 [AuthorName] => Nena Benigno [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 206706 [Title] => Questions [Summary] => Among the biggest buyers of Gracia Burnham’s book In the Presence of My Enemies must be Philippine military officials. The book is a riveting read, and military officials naturally would want to know if any of them in particular got skewered in the story.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 205383 [Title] => Gracia: AFP did all it could [Summary] => WASHINGTON — US missionary Gracia Burnham, who was held captive by the Abu Sayyaf for more than a year in the southern Philippines, said she did not mean to belittle the efforts of the Philippine military. [DatePublished] => 2003-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 164691 [Title] => Burnhams’ group to send more missionaries to conflict areas [Summary] => Despite the death of one of its members, Martin Burnham, a US-based Christian evangelist group will continue sending missionaries to far-flung areas of the country to spread the gospel.

New Tribes Mission (NTM) assistant spokesman David Mough said the Burnham couple’s one-year ordeal "did not discourage other missionaries" from continuing their work.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 163800 [Title] => Martin Burnham, Yap killed; Gracia rescued [Summary] => American missionary Martin Burnham and Filipina nurse Ediborah Yap were killed yesterday during a rescue bid by Filipino troops in Zamboanga del Norte while Gracia Burnham was freed but wounded, senior military officials said. [DatePublished] => 2002-06-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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