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[Title] => GLOBAL NEWS: US aid worker shot dead in northwest Pakistan
[Summary] => PESHAWAR (AP) – Gunmen shot and killed an American aid worker as he drove to work yesterday in ...
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[Title] => GLOBAL NEWS: Pakistan: Militants seize convoy for US-led forces
[Summary] => PESHAWAR (AP) – Suspected Taliban fighters hijacked trucks carrying Humvees and other supplies ...
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[Title] => US commander checks on terror drive in Sulu
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ZAMBOANGA CITY  The commander of the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) visited Sulu Thursday to personally assess the security situation in the province where local military forces are battling the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).
SOCOM chief Gen. Bryan Brown arrived in this port city and had a meeting with Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) officials before proceeding to Jolo.
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[Title] => Civic projects to keep US troops busy during Balikatan
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American troops will repair schools, roads and undertake other civic projects as part of annual joint exercises launched Sunday in the southern Philippines aimed at fighting grass roots support for al-Qaeda-linked militants, US military officials said.
While past drills have involved up to 5,000 US soldiers, only about 400 were on hand for the Feb. 18-March 4 maneuvers dubbed "Balikatan" that will focus on humanitarian projects on southern Jolo island, the officials said.
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[Title] => Sulu welcomes Balikatan 2007
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JOLO, Sulu – Thousands of residents lined the roadside waving to US troops aboard heavy equipment as the Balikatan 07 exercise formally started yesterday in this predominantly Muslim province, known to be the hotbed of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).
Lt. Gen. Eugenio Cedo, Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) chief, said the RP-US exercise marked the continuation of the unity and cooperation among the local government, Armed Forces and the US military in bringing peace and development in Sulu to totally defeat terrorism.
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[Title] => Bulldozers, not guns, arrive for Balikatan
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ZAMBOANGA CITY – Not guns and firepower, but earth-moving equipment have arrived in Sulu as the Philippines and the United States started the annual Balikatan in the province, officials said yesterday.
US Army Maj. John Redfield, Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines (JSOTF-P) spokesman, said that as planned, the joint exercises will be heavy with humanitarian missions.
"It has been in the planning stage for a very long time and we are now on the execution phase," he said. "We are definitely conducting the exercise."
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[Title] => Muslim informants to be rewarded
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ZAMBOANGA CITY – US Ambassador Kristie Kenney and US Pacific Command (PACOM) Chief Admiral William Fallon will be awarding cash rewards Monday for two young Muslim boys who detected bombs and saved lives of its soldiers, according to a US military official here.
Kenney and Fallon will fly to Jolo and they are expected to be accompanied by Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon for the formal handover of the cash reward.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-02 00:00:00
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[Title] => Fresh batch of US soldiers joins Sayyaf hunt
[Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Over 100 US soldiers arrived Tuesday night here to train Filipino troops in battling the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah terrorists in the southern Philippines, US and Philippine military officials said yesterday.
Lt. Gen. Eugenio Cedo, chief of the military’s Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom), said the American soldiers will replace those who have completed their tour of duty here and in Sulu, where hundreds of government troops are hunting down Abu Sayyaf top leader Khadaffy Janjalani and two Jemaah Islamiyah cohorts.
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