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At least 27 members of the Philippine police elite Special Action Force (SAF) were killed in clashes with Muslim rebels in Mamasapano, Maguindanao. A military spokesman said government troops are now “extricating casualties”. The police commandos ran into the camp of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) while searching for members of the breakaway Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF). The MILF, which signed a peace pact with the Aquino government, said 5 of its members were also killed. Intelligence sources said the operation was meant to hunt down a top Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist and Malaysian bomb maker Zulkifli bin Hir, known as “Marwan.” BIFF spokesman Abu Misry Mama denied that Marwan is with the BIFF.
On Sunday, President Benigno Aquino III was also in Mindanao in Zamboanga City – to inspect the security situation in the city following a car bomb explosion that claimed two lives and hurt at least 48 last January 23.
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