I know the pain of having to deal with terrorism. And that's why, after 9-11, I was one of the first to join the international coalition to fight terrorism.
From Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
The Iraqi regime was supporting terrorist cells all over the world. We had to expel three Iraqi diplomats from the Philippines because of evidence that they were either in touch with Abu Sayyaf or doing their own espionage.
I was invited by President Bush to come to the United States on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mutual defense treaty.
The Philippines was with the U.S. in the Second World War, in the Korean War, in the Vietnam War, and now in the war against terrorism.
I was at Ground Zero, and it was, to me, such a graphic illustration of what terrorism has done to our world.
We're working with our neighbors Indonesia and Malaysia to fight terrorism in our own common seas.
Even before 9/11, the Philippines was already fighting terrorism in southwestern Philippines. That's why when 9/11 happened, we could understand the pain.
I feel that if I am freed of the burden of politics, then I can do more, and I can take more unpopular decisions.
It's never right to fight terror with terror.
I can't do everything alone. I need all Filipinos to unify.
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