ZAMBOANGA CITY: Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff Gen. Gregorio Catapang inspected troops deployed in the southern Sulu province where security forces are battling Abu Sayyaf militants tied to al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya.

Gazmin and Catapang arrived on Thursday and spoke with soldiers inside a military base in the capital town of Jolo. They were accompanied by Western Mindanao commander Gen. Rustico Guererro and Rear Admiral Reynaldo Yoma, who are in-charge of the operations against the Abu Sayyaf.

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