Posted on 10/02/2008 6:08:16 AM PDT by Righting
Muslim rebel attack kills 11 in southern Philippines
[Oct. 2, 2008]
Eight Muslim rebels and three soldiers have been killed in the latest outbreak of fighting in the troubled southern Philippines, a military official said.
Guerrillas of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fired on an army patrol in Datu Piang town in the island of Mindanao yesterday, killing the three soldiers and wounding 12, local army commander Colonel Marlou Salazar said.
Military reinforcements backed by armoured vehicles arrived later, prompting the rebels to flee using civilians as cover, he added.
The bodies of eight rebels were recovered from the scene, the Colonel added.
The military earlier said it expected fighting with the MILF to increase following the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The military says its operations are against two MILF leaders, Umbra Kato and Abdurahman Macapaar, who are accused of leading deadly raids against mostly Christian towns on Mindanao Island in early August that left dozens dead and displaced 500,000 people.
The Government has been holding peace talks with the 12,000-member MILF but the violence flared after the Supreme Court struck down a draft agreement on August 4 which would have given the MILF control of large swathes of land in the Mindanao region.
- AFP
rebels? wtf? the american founding fathers were rebels.....
muslims are dirtbag moon god worshippers with a pedophile ‘prophet’....dont give the name ‘rebels’ to these useless pieces of evil garbage.
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