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| Abu Sayyaf camp captured in Sulu |
| 2014-04-29 |
| Philippine marines captured an Abu Sayyaf camp in Sulu early Monday. Marine Brigade commander Brigadier General Martin Pinto said, "The camp was reportedly one of the ASG havens where consolidations, meetings and training of their new young recruits are being conducted." Pinto said the camp had 50 makeshift huts that can accommodate 100 militants. He said, "It has a good water source and the whole area is concealed under a thickly vegetated forest. The camp is heavily fortified with bunkers while individual foxholes are strategically emplaced and scattered in different defensive positions." The camp is also used as "a staging and rendezvous area" for their kidnapping incidents. Pinto said, "By employing a very well directed artillery fires from 81mm mortars, the marines were able to force the ASG to abandon the camp and withdraw towards different directions." One Abu Sayyaf member was reportedly hurt in the shelling, but was taken away by his comrades who fled. |
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| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-04-29 14:43 |