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MILF kills over 30 police commandos
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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2015/01/dozens-police-commandos-killed-philippines-150125143349426.html
"More than 30 Philippine police commandos have been killed in a clash with fighters from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) while hunting a top criminal suspect in the country's south, a local official has said.
Tahirudin Benzar Ampatuan, the mayor of Mamasapano, town told the AP news agency that dozens of police special action force members entered the village of Tukanalipao at dawn on Sunday to capture a bombing suspect.
As they entered the village, the police encountered and clashed with the MILF fighters in exchanges which lasted for 12 hours, the mayor said.
Ampatuan said some villagers entered the scene of the battle after the fighting subsided and retrieved at least five of the dead.
It was the biggest single-day combat loss for Philippine forces in many years.
The MILF, the largest rebel group in the south, accepted an autonomy offer from the government in March 2014, ending 45 years of conflict in which 120,000 people were killed and two million displaced.
Under the deal, brokered by Malaysia, the fighters were to surrender their weapons and disband after the government had set up a new autonomous government in the south and granted the Muslim minority wider economic and political power."
Seems like its kicking off in SE Asia too. TBH I had never heard of this MILF group. Quite shocking really.
"More than 30 Philippine police commandos have been killed in a clash with fighters from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) while hunting a top criminal suspect in the country's south, a local official has said.
Tahirudin Benzar Ampatuan, the mayor of Mamasapano, town told the AP news agency that dozens of police special action force members entered the village of Tukanalipao at dawn on Sunday to capture a bombing suspect.
As they entered the village, the police encountered and clashed with the MILF fighters in exchanges which lasted for 12 hours, the mayor said.
Ampatuan said some villagers entered the scene of the battle after the fighting subsided and retrieved at least five of the dead.
It was the biggest single-day combat loss for Philippine forces in many years.
The MILF, the largest rebel group in the south, accepted an autonomy offer from the government in March 2014, ending 45 years of conflict in which 120,000 people were killed and two million displaced.
Under the deal, brokered by Malaysia, the fighters were to surrender their weapons and disband after the government had set up a new autonomous government in the south and granted the Muslim minority wider economic and political power."
Seems like its kicking off in SE Asia too. TBH I had never heard of this MILF group. Quite shocking really.
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Yes, I was expecting something different too
Hahaha sounds like some dodgy film ;-)
And I'm waiting for the 'views' for this thread to go in the 100s of thousands in a couple of days time
If we now get any news stories involving the Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences or Business Unit Managers, we'll 'ave 'im bang to rights!
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Haha
I have the Al-Jaz news website 'liked' on my facebook and it popped up as breaking news.
Hahahaha
Yeah right ... and you were actually just fumbling for some loose change in your pocket at the time!
You mean Al-Jizz?
That's true, but because it's 1000s of miles away, we can get away with the responses.
Its the MILF thing
Xenia Onatopp-esque
I might.