MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Philippine authorities have arrested three Middle Eastern men suspected of involvement in a plot to bomb the American embassy and three other foreign missions in Manila, officials said Thursday.
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The Philippines is a key Washington ally in its global war on terrorism. It has allowed U.S. counterterrorism troops to arm and train Filipino soldiers battling al Qaeda-linked militants in the country's south, scene of a decades-long Islamic separatist insurrection.
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