"They are focused on New Bataan, " she said, referring to another town in the valley.

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He was being held on the USS Bataan, a warship in the Arabian Sea, as of Tuesday.

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The group includes 2, 100 marines aboard a group of vessels led by the assault ship USS Bataan .

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The Bataan provincial government had to expropriate it for non-payment of realty taxes.

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Douglas MacArthur dispatched to arrest Tojo, sought by the Allied powers so he could be tried for atrocities committed by Japanese troops during the war, including the Bataan Death March.

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The U.S. military has transferred Ibn Al-Shaykh al-Libi, the captured al Qaeda leader who once ran terrorist mastermind bin Laden's training camps in Afghanistan, to the USS Bataan in the Arabian Sea.

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"The new defense strategy will put increased responsibilities on the Navy and Marine Corps in the years to come, " Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said in an "all hands" meeting aboard the amphibious ship USS Bataan.

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These include the USS Bataan to conduct search and rescue missions, eight swift water rescue teams, the Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group to help with disaster response equipment, and Hospital Ship USNS Comfort to help provide medical care.

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