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Thursday, April 30, 2009

 

Military air strikes hit own troops, civilians in South

Maguindanao folk complain of indiscriminate Armed Forces operations  

 
COTABATO CITY: The indiscriminate air strikes by the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and artillery fires from the contingent of the Philippines Army in Maguindanao-embattled towns reportedly hit undetermined number of Army soldiers and innocent civilians, a source from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said on Wednesday.

According to the MILF source, the PAF used OV-10 bomber planes, while the Army artillery battalion used 105mm and 155mm mortars in bombarding suspected MILF targets along the marsh lands within the towns of Datu Piang, Datu Saudi, Guindulungan and Talayan, all of Maguindanao province.

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O T H E R   R E P O R T S

 

THE Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group–NBI Special Operations Group has uncovered a new type of modus operandi involving the illegal importation of used clothing with the Port of Cebu as point of entry.

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