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US-funded and trained El Salvadoran army soldiers (19 of the 27 implicated) kill six Jesuit priests and two other students at Jose Simeon Canas University.

"Observers point out that School alumni include: 48 out of 69 Salvadoran military members cited in the U.N. Truth Commission's report on El Salvador for involvement in human rights violations (including 19 of 27 military members implicated in the 1989 murder of six Jesuit priests), 2"

President Obama announces deployment of 2500 Marines to Australia, in bid to intimidate China: "At a joint early-evening press conference, the two leaders outlined a plan to deploy a small number of U.S. Marines to Darwin and Northern Australia beginning in 2012, with 250 staying for six-month stints and eventually building up to a 2,500-person Marine Air Ground Task Force. “We are here to stay. This is a region of huge strategic importance to us,” Obama said, previewing his Thursday speech before Parliament, in which he will lay out his vision for U.S. involvement in the Asia-Pacific. “Even as we make a host of important fiscal decisions back home, this is right up there at the top of my priority list. We will make sure we are able to fulfill our leadership role in the Asia-Pacific region.”"

November 16, 2011 Jude Kenan Mohamed American Pakistan

The U.S. has announced it will join an Australian effort to push back against China’s expanding presence in South East Asia with the decision join in the modernization of the Lombrum naval base at Manus in Papua New Guinea. This unlikely country has suddenly become the focus of the struggle between the Western Pacific powers and China, which has been using its soft power to increase its influence in South East Asia over the past few years. On Nov. 16 during the APEC summit in the PNG capital Port Moresby, Vice President, Mike Pence, said “the United States will partner with Papua New Guinea and Australia on their joint initiative at Lombrum Naval Base on Manus Island. We will work with these nations to protect sovereignty and maritime rights of the Pacific Islands as well.” Earlier in his speech Pence warned countries about succumbing to Chinese soft power by accepting loans and infrastructure programmes: “As we’re all aware, some are offering infrastructure loans to governments across the Indo-Pacific and the wider world. Yet the terms of those loans are often opaque at best. Projects they support are often unsustainable and of poor quality. And too often, they come with strings attached and lead to staggering debt.” He said the US offers a better option.