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Rebels Trash Ramadan Truce

September 29, 2007: After more than a month without contact, troops on  Basilan island ran down several groups of Abu Sayyaf rebels in several  clashes over the past few days. There have been several dozen  casualties among the rebels and security forces. On nearby Jolo  island, Abu Sayyaf rebels fired a rifle grenade into an army camp,  wounding a soldier. This violated the Ramadan truce the troops were  observing.

 

September 23, 2007: About a hundred NPA rebels raided a police  outpost, overpowering the four policemen, and taking ten weapons and  some radios.

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