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MNLF gunnies flee compound with human shields
Seeking to escape an air assault by the Philippine military, heavily armed Moro National Liberation Front rebels fled a besieged compound with dozens of hostages that they had roped together as human shields. After hours of intense fighting, 25 guerrillas and one soldier were dead and an unknown number of others, including civilians, were wounded. Sometime after midnight, the heroes let 21 hostages go free, but held onto 60 others.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2001-11-27 |
