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To: chalu2 who wrote (6779)	10/13/2001 11:57:13 PM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 23908

Hi chalu2; I was having a brain stumble, and the only guy I could think of was Che. Che's case is similar to ObL's in that they were both foreigners trying to support something in another country where it really wasn't wanted. A more difficult example would be Emilio Aguinaldo, who fought the U.S. over the Philippines. What was interesting about this case is that it is another example of the U.S. supporting a "terrorist" against another power, and then having to kill him. The case is even more clear than is the case with ObL: The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War Hispanic Reading Room, Library of Congress ... March 1897 Theodore Roosevelt was appointed assistant U.S. Secretary of the Navy. Emilio Aguinaldo was elected president of the new republic of the Philippines; Andrés Bonifacio was demoted to the director of the interior. ... 1 November 1897 Philippine revolutionary constitution approved creating Biak-na-Bato Republic. ... 14-15 December 1897 Spain reacted quickly to the Biak-na-Bato Republic and sought negotiations to end the war. With Pedro Paterno, a noted Filipino intellectual and lawyer, mediating, Aguinaldo representing the revolutionists and Governor-General Fernando Primo de Rivera representing the Spanish colonial government, the Pact of Biak-na-Bato was concluded. The Pact paid indemnities to the revolutionists the sum of 800,000 pesos, provided amnesty, and allowed for Aguinaldo and his entourage voluntary exile to Hong Kong. ... 19 May 1898 Emilio Aguinaldo returned to Manila, the Philippine Islands, from exile in Hong Kong. The United States had invited him back from exile, hoping that Aguinaldo would rally the Filipinos against the Spanish colonial government. 24 May 1898 With himself as the dictator, Emilio Aguinaldo established a dictatorial government, replacing the revolutionary government, due to the chaotic conditions he found in the Philippines upon his return. ... 10 December 1898 Representatitves of Spain and the United States signed the Treaty of Peace in Paris. Spain renounced all rights to Cuba and allowed an independent Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico and the island of Guam to the United States, gave up its possessions in the West Indies, and sold the Philippine Islands, receiving in exchange $20,000,000. ... 1 January 1899 Emilio Aguinaldo was declared president of the new Philippine Republic, following the meeting of a constitutional convention. United States authorities refused to recognize the new government. Spanish forces left Cuba. ... 4 February 1899 The Philippine Insurrection began as the Philippine Republic declared war on the United States forces in the Philippine Islands, following the killing of three Filipino soldiers by U.S. forces in a suburb of Manila. ... loc.gov So you want to know how it ended? ... After his capture on March 23, 1901, Aguinaldo agreed to swear allegiance to the United States, and then left public life. His dream of Philippine independence came true on July 4, 1946. He died in Manila in 1964. ... loc.gov -- Carl