ZAMBOANGA: Government troops have killed more than 50 separatist guerillas in a major anti-terrorist operation in the southern Philippines, a senior military official said yesterday.
Government troops began an artillery barrage and opened extensive ground operations against the separatist bases after Philippine President Gloria Arroyo ordered “selective aerial and artillery attacks to dislodge embedded terrorist cells.”
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