[Cincinatus' Wife]

November 16, 2001 - bin Laden's Philippine cell: 7 win freedom; missionaries still held***When Muslim extremists released seven of their 10 remaining hostages late Wednesday in the Philippines, officials at New Tribes Mission in Sanford prayed two of their missionaries were among them. But there was no such luck for Martin and Gracia Burnham. Abu Sayyaf rebels -- a group backed by terrorist Osama bin Laden -- held on to the Americans they kidnapped from a second-honeymoon trip nearly six months ago. ***

[OldFriend]

A few weeks ago Richard Holbrook was on CSPAN. He was criticizing President Bush and stated that he could see no reason why we had troops in the Philippines since there were no terrorists there at all. The hostage takers were nothing more than local thugs with no connections to any other groups.

I emailed CSPAN immediately but of course, there was no comment from them or Holbrook.