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April 16, 1995, The Gadsden Times / AP, Filipino police ordered to crush extremists,

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April 16, 1995, The Gadsden Times / AP, Filipino police ordered to crush extremists,

MANILA, Philippines -- President Fidel Ramos ordered police Saturday to intensify their campaign to crush Muslim extremists blamed for raiding a town and plotting to kill the pope and blow up U.S. airliners.

The order was issued against the shadowy Abu Sayyaf group, accused of the April 4 raid on the mostly Christian town of Ipil in which 53 people were killed. The military said Abu Sayyaf renegades were still holding 13 hostages. Police believe Abu Sayyaf has close ties to Ramzi Yousef, accused of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York, a plot last January to kill Pope John Paul II and a plot to blow up United Airlines jets.

Ramos said Abu Sayyaf has "strong connections with foreign terrorist groups" and police must crush them by "cutting their contacts" with those groups.

"The only way the international terrorists can be prevented from implementing their plan is for all nations to unite and cooperate through exchanges of information," Ramos said.

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