Posted on 02/07/2005 10:00:42 AM PST by seacapn
(2ND UPDATE) FOURTEEN soldiers have been killed while over a dozen have been wounded after followers of detained former rebel leader Nur Misuari attacked several military installations in Sulu island on Monday, a military spokesman said.
Thirteen soldiers were killed after Misuari's followers and Abu Sayyaf members ambushed Marine Battalion Landing Team 5 in barangay (village) Pansul in Patikul town at 1:35 p.m., Lieutenant Colonel Buenaventura Pascual said.
Fourteen other soldiers were wounded in the assault on the military truck, Pascual said.
"Pursuit operations are ongoing," the military spokesman said, adding that they had yet to account for rebel casualties.
Earlier at 10 a.m., one soldier was killed while two others were wounded after 80 armed Misuari followers under Commander Ahadol Adak attacked members of the 35th Infantry Battalion in barangay Biid in Parang town, he said.
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For sure...this Muslim scum is still cunningly dangerous as this ambush shows.
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