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US troops have engaged in combat operations in Mindanao despite an arrangement limiting them to humanitarian work and training Filipino soldiers fighting al-Qaeda-linked guerrillas, activists said yesterday.


The activist group Focus on the Global South, citing US military writings, doctrines and eyewitness accounts, called for an independent investigation into whether the alleged operations violated the Philippine Constitution.

US Embassy spokesman Matthew Lussenhop disputed the allegation.
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Sa 38-pahinang desisyon ng CA 16th Division, ibinasura na rin nito ang petisyon ni Smith sa isyu ng kustodiya dahil nailipat na ito ng detention kaya ‘moot and academic’ na o wala ng saysay para iresolba pa ang apela.
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Matthew Lussenhop, US Embassy spokesman, said the project cropped up following the massive mudslide that blanketed the entire village of Guinsaugon in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte, where hundreds of people are still missing.
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However, DFA spokesman lawyer Gilberto Asuque did not say if the warrants would be immediately served at the embassy compound on Roxas Boulevard in Manila after the DFA receives them from the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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Meanwhile, the United States Embassy in Manila allowed Philippine officials to meet with the four US Marines yesterday, but gave no indication whether it would grant a Philippine government request, coursed through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), to take custody of them.
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"We think coups, emergency rule, martial law or anything of that nature will have a bad impact on the Philippines. We would not support drastic measures. We have a stable partner here," US Embassy Press Attaché Matthew Lussenhop told reporters yesterday.
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The former US ambassador to the Philippines, who is on an Asian tour, arrived on a US Air Force C-17A aircraft from Australia along with 18 American military officials.
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Arson probers, however, could not determine the exact location of the fire after they were disallowed by the guards to conduct an investigation inside the highly secured compound.

Reports from the District Tactical Operations Center of the Manila Police District showed the fire started at about 1:35 p.m.
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Reports from the District Tactical Operations Center of the Manila Police District showed the fire started at about 1:35 p.m.
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The activist group Focus on the Global South, citing US military writings, doctrines and eyewitness accounts, called for an independent investigation into whether the alleged operations violated the Philippine Constitution.

US Embassy spokesman Matthew Lussenhop disputed the allegation.
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Sa 38-pahinang desisyon ng CA 16th Division, ibinasura na rin nito ang petisyon ni Smith sa isyu ng kustodiya dahil nailipat na ito ng detention kaya ‘moot and academic’ na o wala ng saysay para iresolba pa ang apela.
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Matthew Lussenhop, US Embassy spokesman, said the project cropped up following the massive mudslide that blanketed the entire village of Guinsaugon in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte, where hundreds of people are still missing.
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However, DFA spokesman lawyer Gilberto Asuque did not say if the warrants would be immediately served at the embassy compound on Roxas Boulevard in Manila after the DFA receives them from the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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Meanwhile, the United States Embassy in Manila allowed Philippine officials to meet with the four US Marines yesterday, but gave no indication whether it would grant a Philippine government request, coursed through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), to take custody of them.
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"We think coups, emergency rule, martial law or anything of that nature will have a bad impact on the Philippines. We would not support drastic measures. We have a stable partner here," US Embassy Press Attaché Matthew Lussenhop told reporters yesterday.
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The former US ambassador to the Philippines, who is on an Asian tour, arrived on a US Air Force C-17A aircraft from Australia along with 18 American military officials.
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Arson probers, however, could not determine the exact location of the fire after they were disallowed by the guards to conduct an investigation inside the highly secured compound.

Reports from the District Tactical Operations Center of the Manila Police District showed the fire started at about 1:35 p.m.
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Reports from the District Tactical Operations Center of the Manila Police District showed the fire started at about 1:35 p.m.
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