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U.S. Soldier Killed in Bombing
« on: Oct 2nd, 2002, 2:08pm » |
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U.S. soldier killed in Philippines blast
From Mike Mount (CNN Pentagon Producer)
Wednesday, October 2, 2002 Posted: 12:10 PM EDT (1610 GMT)
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (CNN) -- One U.S. Army Special Operations soldier was killed and another was wounded Wednesday in a bomb blast near a Philippine military base, Pentagon officials said.
The blast occurred near Malagutay, a small military base on the southern Philippine island of Zamboanga. Pentagon officials said the bomb was believed to be strapped to a motorcycle.
No claims of responsibility have come in, officials said.
The soldiers were part of a group of U.S. Special Operations soldiers conducting counter-terrorism exercises with the Philippine military and humanitarian aid workers.
Pentagon officials did not yet have word on any specific assignment or other explanation as to the activities of the U.S. soldiers in that area at the time of the blast.
The explosion happened about two miles west of Camp Navarro, home to most of the U.S. troops in the area.
About 1,300 U.S. troops arrived in the Philippines in February to help root out terrorist elements in the southern region of the country.
The operation focused on Abu Sayyaf, a militant Muslim terrorist group. Both the U.S. and Philippine governments say Abu Sayyaf has ties to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terror network.
Most of the U.S. troops left in August, after concluding a joint anti-terrorism training drill with the Philippine military.
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