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Philippine President Says Coup Threat "Far from Over"
World | July 31, 2003, Thursday // 00:00
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Philippine President Gloria Arroyo (left) with retired Supreme Court associate justice Florentino Feliciano as he takes on the role of head of a fact-finding commission to investigate the failed military coup. Photo by AFP
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has warned that the threat posed by a military-backed coup attempt at the weekend was "far from over," with remnants of the revolt still at large. Arroyo aides singled out opposition Senator Gregorio Honasan and supporters of detained former president Joseph Estrada as key backers of a military mutiny that was crushed by Arroyo on Sunday. They said that Honasan would be charged shortly. Police fanned out across the capital and nearby areas Thursday in search of safehouses where the military rebels could have stored weapons and supplies to support armed action against the government, officials said.
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