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RAPID DEPLOYMENT FORCE

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Joint RP-US training of elite AFP troops to push through

By Paolo Romero | January 2, 2003 - 12:00am

Despite denials by Malacañang and top defense and military officials, the government has not dropped its plan to create — in collaboration with the United States — a super military unit called Rapid...

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