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[Title] => 1st batch of GIs arrives in Zamboanga
[Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — The first batch of United States Special Forces arrived here Sunday afternoon to train battalions of Filipino soldiers to combat terrorism, an American military spokesman said.
Capt. Steve Wollman, spokesman for the Special Operations Joint Task Force-P (SOJTF-Philippines), said the first batch was composed of a 12-man team of anti-terror experts from Japan.
"About a dozen of them just arrived this afternoon from their base in Okinawa, Japan. They are going to train the Filipino troops of the light infantry battalions," Wollman said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-21 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 192033
[Title] => US general back in town to prepare for new exercise
[Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY (AFP) — An American general arrived in the southern Philippines in preparation for the deployment of 200 US soldiers for anti-terror training, spokesmen said Saturday.
Brigadier General Donald Wurster, commander of the Hawaii-based Special Operations Command-Pacific, flew in late Friday, said military spokesman Lt. Col. Daniel Lucero.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-19 00:00:00
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[Title] => Wurster: Abus should seek another line of work
[Summary] => Philippine and US officials linked arms and exchanged gifts and pleasantries, and the American commander of the Balikatan 02-1 received a Legion of Honor as the six-month joint war exercise formally ended yesterday.
The two sides pronounced the war games a success and said their troops have broken the backbone of Abu Sayyaf terrorists who were pushed out of Basilan.
Brig. Gen. Donald Wurster, head of the US contingent, said the Abu Sayyaf should now "pursue another line of work" because the war exercises have bolstered the Philippine military.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-01 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 168807
[Title] => ‘Balikatan has greatly improved fighting capability of AFP’
[Summary] => A US military official said yesterday the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has greatly improved its capability to fight Abu Sayyaf terrorist guerrillas in Mindanao as a result of a joint military training exercise between the two countries.
Brig. Gen. Donald Wurster, commander of the US forces participating in the six-month war games in the island-province of Basilan and nearby Zamboanga City, also revealed that talks were going on for the grant to the AFP of military hardware and communications equipment.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-19 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 167643
[Title] => No Balikatan in Sulu — US
[Summary] => A ranking US military official and director of the RP-US military training exercise said yesterday there is no plan to hold the next "Balikatan" in Sulu, another stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group.
However, President Arroyo herself said US military advisers may be deployed in Sulu for the next military exercise.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-09 00:00:00
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[Title] => US commander: Sabaya is dead
[Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Even the United States got into the act of squelching Filipinos’ skepticism on the death of Abu Sabaya last Friday. Brig. Gen. Donald Wurster, commander of US troops in the Balikatan military exercise in Mindanao, said the US Navy SEAL commandos will not bring in expensive salvage ships to find the remains of the Abu Sayyaf spokesman.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-25 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 151807
[Title] => 7 GIs given up for dead
[Summary] => The United States gave up for dead yesterday seven servicemen missing in Friday’s crash of a special operations helicopter taking part in a joint military exercise with Philippine troops in Mindanao.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-25 00:00:00
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[Title] => Former Abu hostages, Muslims join pro-US rally in Zamboanga
[Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Muslims and former hostages of the Abu Sayyaf joined a rally of about 1,500 people here yesterday, expressing support for the ongoing RP-US "Balikatan" military exercises.
Waving Philippine and US flags and carrying streamers declaring "we love America," the rallyists also offered prayers for the crew of a US army helicopter that crashed off Negros last Friday.
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[Title] => US: No permanent base in Mindanao
[Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — The commander of US forces holding military exercises in the Philippines said yesterday involvement in helping their hosts fight the Abu Sayyaf Islamist group would only be temporary, with no plans to set up bases in Mindanao.
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