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To: KLP who wrote (3764)	2/11/2003 9:51:30 PM
From: lorne	of 15987

US alarmed by alleged links between Iraq diplomat and Philippine terrorists 2/11/2003 8:21:00 PM The United States on Tuesday said it was alarmed by a report linking a senior Iraqi diplomat in Manila to Muslim Abu Sayyaf rebels in the south, and warned it could have serious implications on security of both Americans and Filipinos. "We find the revelation regarding Foreign Secretary (Blas) Ople's announcement linking Iraqi embassy to the Abu Sayyaf very troubling, but hardly surprising," US embassy information officer Karen Kelly told AFP. "This information has serious consequences for the security of both the United States and the Philippines. We are confident that the government of the Philippines will take all appropriate action in due course." Ople on Monday summoned Iraqi charge d'affaires Samir Bolus over intellingence reports linking Iraqi embassy second secretary Husham Hussein to the Abu Sayyaf, a small group of Islamic militants linked to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network. Ople said Bolus was monitored to have had telephone contact with an Abu Sayyaf guerrilla in October, shortly after a bomb attack in the southern Philippines that left a US soldier dead and another injured. The Iraqi embassy denied the allegations and challenged the government to show proof. Kelly said embassy officials were "discussing our concerns with the government of the Philippines." Security officials in the Philippines had earlier been placed on heightened alert amid threats of "sympathy attacks" from Islamic militants over a looming US war on Iraq. President Gloria Arroyo has been the most vocal Asian leader supporting US calls for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to disarm. news.yehey.com

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