{"id":6870,"date":"2014-04-14T16:21:21","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T08:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=6870"},"modified":"2025-01-11T01:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T06:40:19","slug":"2-philippine-soldiers-5-abu-sayyaf-militants-killed-in-clashes-in-southern-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/04\/14\/2-philippine-soldiers-5-abu-sayyaf-militants-killed-in-clashes-in-southern-province\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Philippine soldiers, 5 Abu Sayyaf militants killed in clashes in southern province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"ArticleTitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/basilan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6764\" alt=\"basilan\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/basilan.png\" width=\"512\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/basilan.png 512w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/basilan-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"Date\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"90%\" \/>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines &#8211; At least two Philippine army soldiers and five Abu Sayyaf militants were killed in clashes on a southern island province, the military said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The running gunbattles that erupted early Friday on Basilan Island also wounded 28 soldiers following their assault on a group of Abu Sayyaf fighters led by Puruji Indama, armed forces spokesman Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala said.<\/p>\n<p>Initial military reports on Friday said the fighting in Unkaya Pukan township left three militants dead and 20 soldiers wounded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As of early this (Saturday) morning, the operations were still ongoing,&#8221; Zagala said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zydena online <a href=\"https:\/\/lcmhs.com\/blank\/july-27-2021\/html\/zydena.html\">https:\/\/lcmhs.com\/blank\/july-27-2021\/html\/zydena.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Army brigade commander Brig. Gen. Carlito Galvez said Friday that he launched the assault against Indama&#8217;s group after it threatened and tried to extort money from a key road project in Basilan, a predominantly Muslim province and birthplace of the Abu Sayyaf.<\/p>\n<p>Indama is a young but ruthless commander allegedly involved in deadly bombings and kidnappings.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy symbicort online <a href=\"https:\/\/lcmhs.com\/blank\/july-27-2021\/html\/symbicort.html\">https:\/\/lcmhs.com\/blank\/july-27-2021\/html\/symbicort.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The military&#8217;s Western Mindanao Command said in a statement Saturday that the group was demanding 5 million pesos ($111,000) from the road contractor.<\/p>\n<p>The Abu Sayyaf, which was founded in 1991, is notorious for kidnappings for ransom, beheadings and bombings. It is on the U.S. list of terror organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Zagala said troops also were battling forces under Abu Sayyaf commander Isnilon Hapilon backing Indama.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cipro online <a href=\"https:\/\/lcmhs.com\/blank\/july-27-2021\/html\/cipro.html\">https:\/\/lcmhs.com\/blank\/july-27-2021\/html\/cipro.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Washington has offered a $5 million reward for Hapilan, who has been indicted in the United States for alleged involvement in terrorist acts against Americans and others in the Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Philippines &#8211; At least two Philippine army soldiers and five Abu Sayyaf militants were killed in clashes on a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":6764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,17],"tags":[812,561,343,2022],"class_list":["post-6870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-w","tag-abu","tag-as","tag-philippines","tag-sayyaf","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282584,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6870\/revisions\/282584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}