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Article: Government troops capture major Abu Sayyaf camp on southern Philippine island
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- February 25, 2005
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OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
02-25-2005
Dateline: MANILA, Philippines
Philippine troops have captured a major camp of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group, a military commander said Friday.
The mountain stronghold of the Muslim extremist group outside Indanan town on southern Jolo island was overrun Thursday by about 400 soldiers from the army's 53rd Infantry Battalion, said Jolo military chief Brig. Gen. Agustin Dema-ala.
About 100 Abu Sayyaf defenders broke up into small groups as troops, backed by helicopter gunships firing rockets, assaulted the camp on top of the Budkaha mountain, about 940 kilometers (580 miles) south of Manila, Dema-ala said.
He said there were ...