Philippine troops kill 6 al-Qaeda-linked militants
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Philippine marines killed six al-Qaeda-linked militants early Sunday in an assault on a rebel encampment on a southern island and were investigating whether one of the dead was a top insurgent leader, a senior military commander said.
A marine special operations platoon raided an Abu Sayyaf camp outside Maimbung township on Jolo island following intelligence reports that two wanted militant leaders, Umbra Jumdail and Albader Parad, were there, said Lt. Gen. Benjamin Dolorfino, head of the military's Western Mindanao Command. (AP)
