Communist Shootout in the Philippines
Hundreds of Filipino troops are searching for communist guerrillas who killed 11 soldiers Saturday in an ambush of a platoon of soldiers patrolling in a remote village in the island of Mindoro 140 km south of Luzon. Seven soldiers were wounded.
It was the worst government loss this year, coming just three weeks before the communist-led rebel forces celeb…
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