Oliver Teves
"Military officials had reported a clash Thursday between Philippine army scout rangers and about 150 Abu Sayyaf extremist guerrillas tracked by U.S. surveillance planes on the southern island of Jolo, in Sulu province. An army officer was killed and six others wounded in Thursday's 30-minute gunbattle with the rebels believed led by Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khaddafy Janjalani, who is on a list of Philippine terrorists wanted by the United States." [more]
"The presence of the U.S. troops is controversial in this former American colony, and an extension of their stay could arouse criticism." [more]
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(Reuters, Dec 18)
"Federal prison officers in Brooklyn physically and verbally abused immigrants detained after the Sept. 11 attacks, slamming them against the wall and painfully twisting their arms and hands, the U.S. Justice Department's inspector general said on Thursday." [more]
(STAFF, DEBKAfile, Dec 14)
"Saddam was seized, possibly with the connivance of his own men, and held in that hole in Adwar for three weeks or more, which would have accounted for his appearance and condition. Meanwhile, his captors bargained for the $25m prize the Americans promised for information leading to his capture alive or dead." [more]
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