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JEWS 6A Thursday, January 17, 2002 NATIOV THE BAtTALIoJ American troops deployed to control Muslim extremists he bat Bac ina< MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Deploying some 660 U.S. troops may help control the Muslim extremist group that has plagued the Philippines for a decade, but the escalating American involvement will test ties between Washington and one of its closest allies in Southeast Asia. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo welcomes the U.S. mili tary buildup, saying it could help deliver a fatal blow to the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf, which has been linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network. But the military mission could also further inflame the country’s Muslim minority and alienate some of the president's leftist supporters. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said at the Pentagon that up to 250 U.S. troops were in the country and “several hun dred more” would follow. A “small number" of the Americans were on the southern island of Basilan, an area where Philippine forces have been bat tling Abu Sayyaf rebels. Philippine officials say the six-month joint exercise will total about 660 troops, including 160 U.S. Army Special Forces, and some will be allowed to work in the southern Philippines. It would essentially be a new front in the U.S.-led war on terrorism, but a radically different mission from Afghanistan — shifting to a heavily support-based role helping a friend rather than ousting an adversary and cop ing with tropical jungle instead of snow and desert. The aim is to help eradicate the Abu Sayyaf. But the group — which now holds two Americans and a Filipino hostage — has defied succes sive governments for 10 years in the jungle-covered mountains of the remote southern islands. U.S. troops in Philippines Hundreds of U.S. troops are being sent to the Philippines Ic support government efforts against terrorism. Sulu St Mindanao ..." Zamboanga ; MALAYSIA c,o'° (tit hes Sea 'V+iotoGi *vh ' Ao Basil# Island 106 si lOObr Abu Sayyaf has only about 800 fighters, but it is a loosely out Abu Sayyaf — e 1 U.S. help — would be a lengthy task. Even before the start of the six-month exercise, the Philippine government is saying it may be extended to a year. And that much time in the jungle — making war on a guerrilla force — is a daunting prospect for those who remember Vietnam. 0 300 km t can Luzon PHILIPPINES jun- ^ r iinu ilace. ..JO > Vi Manila f, vtfpT fight i ^ Sr*uih C huu ., J * v JJrA ping i v* ^ with BRUNEI MALAYSIA BotTtei AfrxMpt Cflchri Sea n9 ° ' x ^ , N D D N-E S [X 1 Sul,l **si 4 ^ esRf austi more than other peoi year perk: study rele The “E American quality of Texas and states ha< domestic Accorc were able mated onl The re June 2001 In Text are condi Backgrou Texas Vinger sa lions to tfi federal of! 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With persor Beamer, 32, was one c , , , aitterent eci several passengers aboa 1 United Airlines Flight 93 wli: l,|H 1 made phone calls to relative; ‘ uintin S tc or authorities, alerting the'° Ullt lo1 that a hijacking was takir; niove ’ ant ^ place and saying they wet making plans to fight back. Jermarr Arnold executed HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP)-I convicted killer with a histoi) of violence in and out of prise! was executed Wednesd* night for fatally shooting a jet elry store clerk during a rok bery nearly 19 years ago f Corpus Christi. Jermarr Arnold, 43, Mj blamed the mayhem in' past on mental illness. Arnold, his confident voitf booming into a speaker the witness room, too!; responsibility for the k asked for forgiveness afl'i thanked the members of I*!! victim's family for attendinj "I'm deeply sorry for tN loss of your loved one. I cal''; give you any answers. I ca ! give you one thing. I give ye 1 my life, a life for a life/'h said. If You Hav< F Class Ca The