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ROGUE PHILIPPINE TROOPS HOLD AUSTRALIANS, AMERICANS
Rogue Philippine Troops Hold Australians, Americans
By John O'Callaghan
MANILA (Reuters) - Rogue Philippine soldiers were holding the Australian ambassador and two Americans in Manila's financial and diplomatic quarter on Sunday but denied they were staging a coup as they accused the government of corruption.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered the capture of up to 70 junior officers and armed deserters on Saturday after days of rumors about brewing anger among a group of troops about pay and the pace of internal reforms.
One unidentified soldier said the rebel troops, who appeared to be rigging explosives at a central shopping mall, accused the Arroyo administration of graft and orchestrating bombings to make them appear like attacks by Muslim or communist rebel groups.
"We are not leaving. We are the good guys, we are not the bad guys," he said on local radio.
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