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U.S. troops' foray into southern Philippines evokes memories of Pershing, Colt .45

...Laden's al-Qaida's terrorist network. The 80 or so Abu Sayyaf members are holding an American couple and a Filipino nurse hostage. But before going, the U.S. troops took seminars on cultural sensitivity and on the roots of Muslim rebellion...

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One American hostage dies, another rescued but wounded in Philippine raid

...in captivity Friday but her American husband and a Filipino nurse were killed during the shootout with their Muslim...al-Qaida terrorism network. Abaya said Ediborah Yap, a Filipino nurse kidnapped shortly after the Burnhams, also was shot...

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Terror group blamed for bombing that killed American

...Americans, in a yearlong kidnapping spree. In a bloody army rescue attempt, American missionary Martin Burnham and Filipino nurse Ediborah Yap were killed, while Burnham's wife, Gracia, was wounded but survived.

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Troops intensify offensive against Muslim extremists after death of American and Filipino hostages

...rescued Wichita, Kan., missionary Gracia Burnham, who was shot in the leg. But her husband, Martin Burnham, and Filipino nurse Ediborah Yap were killed during the gunbattle with the rebels. The body of Martin Burnham arrived Saturday at Kadena...

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