The US role in the Philippines (catch all)

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Are US Special Forces engaged in an ‘offensive war’ in the Philippines?

Focus on the Global South is a non-profit policy analysis,research and campaigning organisation, working in national, regional and international coalitions and campaigns, and with social movements and grassroots organisations on key issues confronting the global south. Focus was founded in 1995 and is attached to the Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute (CUSRI) in Bangkok, Thailand. It has programs in the Philippines and India.

Since January 2002, US Special Operations Forces (SOFs) have been stationed in the southern Philippines and have not left since then.