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Lessons in Counterinsurgency

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May 15, 2007
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In the former base of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the Muslim secessionist group that has been fighting the government in the southern Philippines for decades, Lt. Col. Francis Alaurin is practicing what he calls "economic diplomacy." While a ceasefire is in place, he's been meeting with some of the rebels and talking to them about giving up their…

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