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US, Philippines to hold joint maneuvers on hostage island Wed Apr 6,10:47 AM ET <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/addtomy/*http:/add.my.yahoo.com/content?id =6406&.src=yn&.done=http%3a//news.yahoo.com/news%3ftmpl=story%26cid=1521%26n cid=721%26e=10%26u=/afp/20050406/pl_afp/philippinesusattacks> Add to My Yahoo! Politics <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/addtomy/*http:/add.my.yahoo.com/content?id =6406&.src=yn&.done=http%3a//news.yahoo.com/news%3ftmpl=story%26cid=1521%26n cid=721%26e=10%26u=/afp/20050406/pl_afp/philippinesusattacks> - AFP ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) - The Philippines and the United States will hold joint anti-terror exercises next week in the southern island of Basilan, a hotbed of al-Qaeda-linked Muslim Abu Sayyaf militants, officials said. At least 1,000 Filipino soldiers will take part in the "Balance Piston 05-3" exercises, which will last until the last week of April, the US embassy said. It did not say how many US forces will join, but said the contingent would include Special Operations Forces. They will be training their counterparts in medical evacuation missions and small unit tactics. The mission will also include civic action programs, it said. "The exercise would further enhance the skills and capability of our soldiers," said Philippine airforce spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Susthenes Valcorta. The event was kickstarted Wednesday by paratroopers from both sides who parachuted from a C-130 military cargo airplane to the tightly-guarded Edwin Andrews Air Base in the southern city of Zamboanga. The Abu Sayyaf is a small group of self-styled Islamic militants blamed for the Philippines' deadliest bombing attacks. They have also kidnapped dozens of foreigners in recent years, including three Americans in 2001, two of whom later died. Washington and Manila have linked the group to the al-Qaeda network of terror mastermind Osama <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/afp/pl_afp/philippinesusattacks/147 94552/*http:/news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?fr=news-storylinks&p=%22Osama %20bin%20Laden%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw> bin Laden. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
