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Wounded Philippine mmarines at a hospital in Zamboanga, a day after soldiers and members of the Islamic extremist Abu Sayyaf group clashed in Basilan island.
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009

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  • ALEXANDER PAMA,
  • a military commander on Basilan, an island province in the southern Philippines, where at least 31 suspected terrorists and 23 soldiers were killed as government troops stormed training camps of the Islamist group Abu Sayyaf
Photo: AFP / Getty | Source: New York Times