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...better ways to search out and destroy Abu Sayyaf, a group that officials say has had ties to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network. In practice, armed with sophisticated munitions and authorized to fire only in self-defense, the Americans seem likely to do everything short of direct combat attacks to help rid the Philippines of this scourge...
...arsenal. Her country has largely been cut off from military assistance since Manila kicked the U.S. out of its two major South Asian 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...
...still night in Kabul, two weeks ago, Marine guards in full combat gear at the U.S. embassy were startled by the whoosh of a fireball exploding underneath wintry trees at the far end of the diplomatic compound. The resident bomb-disposal expert decided to wait until dawn before venturing out of the fortified embassy to investigate. That's what makes him an expert. The explosion was only a decoy. The real killer was a land mine that was invisible in the dark but was spotted in the daylight half buried. Says Corporal Matthew Roberson of the Marine antiterrorist unit...
...Qaeda hideouts that turned out to be Taliban ammunition dumps. The invaders killed 15 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, took 27 prisoners and, with the help of an AC-130 gunship, destroyed the ammunition. According to one account of the battle, the two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat amid the shooting. "The fact that so many died shows us they're still willing to put up quite a fight," says a Pentagon official. The "nests" the Green Berets attacked were just two of many the U.S. is watching across Afghanistan. "You're going to see more attacks like...
...Ramallah office by surrounding it with tanks. Where Washington had traditionally condemned Israeli incursions into PA-controlled territory as counterproductive, Fleischer said "the president understands the reason that Israel has taken the action that it takes, and it is up to Chairman Arafat to demonstrate leadership to combat terrorism...