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Edward Lansdale, the legendary "Quiet American," was sent as a CIA counterinsurgency adviser to help Philippine forces defeat the Communist uprising known as the Huk Rebellion.
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May 18th, 2008 2: 06 pm ET let me guess you now Huk haters also think OJ didnt kill his wife and Ron either, get over it, my goodness what a bunch of wimps you are
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PHILIPPINES 1948-54 Command operation CIA directs war against Huk Rebellion.
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Huk has been designed by British defence aerospace company systems.
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Here in the Philippines, they have had several amnesties that prevented the Moro and the Huk/NFP uprisings from becoming civil wars.
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And if you think you're seeing double, that's because Huk (ph) and Faith (ph) here are twins, and their drawings were two of the eight designs selected for the doll making.
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An amnesty for Huk guerrillas was negotiated, resulting in temporary peace.
1948, April 16 2001
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The Huk insurgency began to decline as a result of a government policy combining reconciliation and military force.
1948, April 16 2001
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Manuel Roxas became president, against the background of the Hukbalahap (Huk) insurrection, a Marxist guerrilla movement that had been active during the war and sought redress of social inequalities.
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And Huk knew then that his fears were groundless and caused by legends deliberately created by the king and his advisors, who had concealed the truth through cunning methods so that this king would be obeyed by his awestruck subjects, who would otherwise have deposed him.
Encounter Group Sapir, Richard & Murphy, Warren 1984
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