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Sunday, September 09, 2007 |
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SIX YEARS AFTER 9/11 |
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RP’s legacy of
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The Philippines figures in a big way in al-Qaeda’s
suicide attacks that killed 3,000 and pushed the US into unleashing
its global war on terror |
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By Al Jacinto, Correspondent
First of three parts
Six years after the al-Qaeda’s
9/11 attack, which killed more than 3,000 and caused the United
States to unleash its global war on terrorism, the Philippines, a
staunch ally of Washington, continues to fight the Abu Sayyaf, a
small terror group with ties to Osama bin Laden’s network.
The threat from bin Laden and his
men and sympathizers is still mounting all over the world.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Earlier plot
foiled by fire in Manila apartment
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On December 11, 1994, a man who
gave his name as Armaldo Forlani, an Italian, boarded Philippine
Airlines Flight 434 at the Manila International Airport. The plane
was flying to Cebu and then on to Tokyo, Japan.
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Bin Laden mocks US
as weak in new video
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WASHINGTON: Elusive al-Qae-da
chief Osama bin Laden vows to step up the battle in Iraq and mocks
the United States as “weak” in a new video released Friday, his
first such appearance in three years.
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“VOICES”
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“War has been waged against us
by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but
fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict was begun on the timing
and terms of others.
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