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Southeast Asia
9 Killed As Philippine Troops Battle Militants
2014-11-15
[Ynet] Philippine troops on Friday battled Abu Sayyaf
...also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya, an Islamist terror group based in Jolo, Basilan and Zamboanga. Since its inception in the early 1990s, the group has carried out bombings, kidnappings, murders, head choppings, and extortion in their uniquely Islamic attempt to set up an independent Moslem province in the Philippines. Abu Sayyaf forces probably number less than 300 cadres. The group is closely allied with remnants of Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiya and has loose ties with MILF and MNLF who sometimes provide cannon fodder...
 bandidos turbans blamed for the kidnappings of several foreigners and Filipinos in the restive south, leaving at least five soldiers and four Death Eaters dead, a military commander said.

At least 26 other soldiers were maimed in the clash in Sulu province's mountainous Talipao town, army Col. Allan Arrojado said. The fighting eased by nightfall and government forces were pursuing about 300 bandidos turbans who split into smaller groups and withdrew, he said.
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