Philippines

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Phillipines became part of the war on terrorism, while many people speculated, it was in reality about oil, too. Here are Offshore oil industry and related organisations in Philippines: Anglo-Philippines Oil and Mining Corporation, Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corporation, Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC), Renewable Energy Association of the Philippines. In February 2003, the United States decided to send more than 1,700 troops to the Philippines. The operation officially started "to disrupt and destroy" the estimated 250 members of the extremist group Abu Sayyaf, one official said. (See AbuSayyaf)