2002..Jan.10...Jan.16...Jan.19...Jan.31...Feb.15....Feb.21....Feb.23...June 7
2003..Feb.20..Feb.23..Mar.4..Apr.2..May.4..July 27
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| ..... A group of eight U.S. military officials has arrived in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga to begin a training mission targeted at the extremist Muslim group Abu Sayyaf. 01-10-2002 | |
| ..... Joint military exercises begin, but president says U.S. troops not allowed to fight near front lines 01-16-2002 | |
| ..... In a move that reveals the scope of the al Qaeda terrorist network's involvement in southeast Asia, Philippine authorities said Saturday they have arrested three men linked to a group of suspected al Qaeda terrorists arrested last month for a plot to bomb U.S. targets in southeast Asia. Fighting in the jungles of Basilan. U.S. troops encounter tough terrain on front lines of terror war in Philippines. 01-19-2002 | |
| .....Amid heavy security, the United States and the Philippines on Thursday launched joint military exercises, part of an effort to bolster Manila’s battle against the Abu Sayyaf rebel movement that U.S. officials say is at least loosely linked with the al-Qaida terrorist network. 01-31-2002 | |
| .....U.S. special forces will begin deploying over the weekend to an island in the southern Philippines, where they will train Filipino soldiers fighting a Muslim extremist group holding two American hostages, officials said Thursday. 02-15-2002 | |
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.....Twelve U.S. service members are feared dead in the crash of an MH-47 helicopter in the Philippines, Department of Defense officials said. 02-21-2002 |
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.....Philippine gunboats searched the Bohol Sea on Saturday for seven American servicemen missing after a U.S. Army helicopter crashed during anti-terrorism exercises. 02-23-2002 |
