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Southeast Asia
Filipino troops find 22 bodies of suspected militants, bombs
2017-10-12
[Ynet] Philippine troops have recovered 22 bodies of suspected Moslem forces of Evil and dozens of homemade bombs from two buildings that were retaken in one of the final government assaults to end an Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group-inspired siege in southern Marawi city, the military said Wednesday.

The discovery of the bodies brought the corpse count in the siege, which was launched May 23, to more than a thousand people, including 802 myrmidons. The fighting has left 160 soldiers and coppers and 47 civilians dead, according to the military.

Maj. Gen. Restituto Padilla said troops overcame days of myrmidon sniper and grenade fire before they took back control of the buildings Tuesday and found the bodies, along with eight rifles and "dozens and dozens of improvised bombs."
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