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To: Ish who wrote (11281)	2/2/2002 3:27:03 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Respond to of 23908

U.S. to help subdue Abu Sayyaf It hardly seems a fair fight: 6,000 heavily armed government troops hunting down a rag-tag gang of fewer than 100 Muslim terrorists on an island just 30 miles wide. Yet after more than eight months, the Armed Forces of the Philippines has been unable to wipe out the Abu Sayyaf guerrillas and free two American hostages. Now, U.S. special forces have arrived to help out. "It's tough terrain down there," said Clarita R. Carlos, a professor at the University of the Philippines who specializes in defense and security issues washingtontimes.com