IRAQ PHILIPPINES

Filipino truck driver Angelo dela Cruz, front, leaves the Philippines embassy in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday July 21, 2004 a day after being released by militants. Emboldened by their success, insurgents promptly took aim at Japan, after the Philippines government gave in to their demands to withdraw troops from Iraq to prevent the beheading dela Cruz who had been held captive for two weeks. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)