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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

 

‘Internal problem’ snags 
nego for Bossi’s release 

By Anthony Vargas, Reporter

NEGOTIATIONS for the release of abducted Italian priest Fr. Giancarlo Bossi got snagged by “an internal problem” Tuesday as the military command dispatched elite troops to track down the kidnappers in Central Mindanao.

Maj. Gen. Ben Mohammad Dolorfino said the snag was an “internal problem” within the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The latter has been working with the government military to rescue Father Bossi and is brokering the negotiations with the kidnappers.

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