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Saturday, July 31, 2010

RP to get US missiles, says report

OV-10 BroncoThe United States has pledged to provide the Philippines with $18.4-million worth of precision-guided missiles this year to use in its fight against Islamist militants in the south, according to a military document seen by Reuters.

The missiles are being funded under a US Congress Act that allows the US Defense Department to train and equip foreign armies allied with Washington to fight terrorists across the world since 2006.

Troops in the southern Philippines have said they need unmanned drones to help hunt down Abu Sayyaf bandits and Jemaah Islamiyah militants on small remote islands.

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