Peru's ex-president writes about rebels

TOKYO -- Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, wanted in Lima on suspicion of homicide and corruption, has written a book that chronicles his administration's success in crushing leftist rebels and compares the decade-long struggle to the U.S.-led war on terror.

In "Alberto Fujimori Fights Terrorism," which arrived in stores here Monday, Fujimori takes credit for liberating Peru from fear by defeating the Shining Path and Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement.

Peru's government wants to try Fujimori for homicide, accusing him of sanctioning two massacres by a death squad in the early 1990s. He also faces charges including embezzlement and dereliction of duty.

In the 237-page paperback, he rebuts the accusations and argues that the measures he took in a decade in power were needed to fight the guerrillas.

"I was able to exterminate terrorism, something many viewed as impossible," he wrote.