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2 U.S. Airmen Slain in the Philippines

AP Published: May 14, 1990

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Two American servicemen were killed today near an air base on the eve of talks between the United States and the Philippines on extending the lease on United States military bases. The assailants escaped, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility. The area of Clark Air Base has been a Communist stronghold since the 1940's, and Sgt. Robert Abad of the national police operations center for central Luzon said the authorities suspected Communist rebels. Killed Near Air Base Sergeant Abad said the Americans, who were wearing civilian clothes, were slain about 8:30 P.M. near a hotel a half mile from the main gate at Clark, the United States installation 50 miles northwest of Manila. A United States Air Force spokesman, Maj. Wayne Crist, confirmed the killings but gave no details. He declined to release the victims' names or hometowns pending notification of relatives. But Philippine police officials identified the dead as Airman John Raven, 21 years old, and Airman James Green, 22. They were assigned to the Eighth Aircraft Generation Squadron on temporary duty here from Kunsan Air Base in South Korea.
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A third American, Airman 1st Class Randall Moore, 23, told reporters that he had been haggling with a cab driver for a ride when he heard shots behind him. ''I ducked and ran back toward the hotel,'' Airman Moore said. He said his unit arrived in the Philippines on May 3 for the annual Cope Thunder military exercise, which ends on Friday. Major Crist said the Air Force ordered all troops back to the base after the killing. Those living off-base were restricted to quarters. The United States maintains about 40,000 troops and dependents in the Philippines. It was the first attack on Americans at Clark since October 1987, when three Americans and a Filipino civilian were slain by Communist rebels outside the base. Those killings were acknowledged by the Communist Party leadership. On May 4 United States Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Fredette was killed near Subic Bay Naval Station, another major United States installation, 50 miles west of Manila. Communist rebels were at first suspected, but authorities later said the slaying had been carried out by drug addicts. Politically Motivated Slayings Including the two men today, eight Americans have died in politically motivated slayings in the Philippines since April 1989. United States officials say they believe all the killings were carried out by Communist rebels.

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An American officer, who refused to give his name, said the airmen were waiting for a cab on Samson Street near Clark when two or three Filipinos approached and shot them in the back of their heads with .45-caliber pistols. The rebels often use such guns in street attacks and fire at close range. United States and Philippine officials had expressed concern that the Communist New People's Army would try to kill Americans before the talks, which are to begin on Monday, on extending the lease on Clark, the Subic Bay base and four smaller facilities. The lease expires in September 1991. Opposition to the bases has been growing because many Filipinos see them as an infringement on national sovereignty. Several groups planned demonstrations to demand the bases be closed. The police in Manila said they had put on alert more than 1,000 men, including anti-terrorist squads, to provide 24-hour security for the talks, to be held at the Central Bank building overlooking Manila Bay. President Corazon C. Aquino has refused to say whether she will agree to extend the lease for the bases, among the largest outside the United States. ---- Coup Suspect Captured MANILA, May 13 (AP) - Troops captured an air force captain who is accused of taking part in a coup attempt in December, officials said today. The officer, Capt. Edilberto Adeva, was arrested late Saturday in his father's house in a Manila suburb, officials said. Captain Adeva is accused of leading the rebels' takeover of the police squadron inside Villamor Air Base, headquarters of the Philippine Air Force, during the Dec. 1-9 coup attempt, said a police spokesman, Capt. William Cacacho.
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