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Negotiations with the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines have gone on long enough, with little result. Twenty hostages--including three Americans--have been abducted since May 27, though some have been released. Abu Sayyaf even claims to have decapitated one American captive. The final straw? It would appear so. The government in Manila is now casting aside failed talks--and bringing on the big guns. "I will rain bullets on you," pledged President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo last month. And this wasn't hyperbole. The first Philippine ...