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Australian Federal Police Involved In Phillipines Anti-Terror Ops.
Australian Federal Police (AFP) have been secretly operating a base in the Philippines to help the country fight terrorists.It is the first time the AFP have operated a foreign-based squad, News Ltd newspapers reported. Officers have helped confirm the fire on a Manila Bay ferry which killed 118 people last year was caused by a terrorist bomb and planted by members of terrorist group Abu Sayyaf and Rajas Sulaiman. They were also investigated a series of bombings in Manila earlier this year and the secret terrorist training camps of Jemaah Islamiah around Mindanao and other parts of the Philippines. Officers also reported on new links between local terrorist groups and assisted in uncovering a bomb plot on the Manila train system. Posted by: Spavirt Pheng6042 2005-06-19 |
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