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Precedence = ROUTINE ' nace=' 07/08/1999
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'T." ' Manila Attn:
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Case ID #:  U! 265A-NY-252802  Pending!
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- January 1995 when a terrorist plot was uncovered in Manila, the»
Philigpines. I Ithe FBI top ten fugitive wanted
forI Iconspired with others
to plant explosive devices aboard American jetliners while those
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