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Filippinos storm Abu Sayyaf hideout
Philippinesâ troops have killed at least three Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern Philippine island of Jolo. Military spokesman, Colonel Alexander Yapching, says troops stormed an Abu Sayyaf hideout near the town of Maimbung on Tuesday. There was a gunbattle with about 20 rebels, he said, with at least three gunmen killed and an [un]known number of others wounded. The guerrillas were believed under the command of senior Abu Sayyaf leader Galib Andang, alias Commander Robot, who was behind the kidnapping of group of mostly European tourists from Malaysian resorts in 2000.
Posted by: Dan Darling 2003-12-03 |
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