HEIGHTENED ALERT Government troops position their tanks on Wednesday along the highway in Mamasapano where a clash between members of the SAF and the BIFF on Jan. 25 left 44 police commandos dead. On Thursday, fighting between Moro rebels and their breakaway group erupted in the town of Pikit, North Cotabato, where the BIFF, fearful of retaliation from government forces, had sought refuge. The MILF offensive is widely seen as their attempt to show the former is PH partner in the antiterror drive. JEOFFREY MAITEM/INQUIRER MINDANAO...
COTABATO CITY, Philippines—The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Thursday afternoon launched an operation to flush out members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in North Cotabato province more than a week after the debacle in Maguindanao province.
A firefight broke out between the MILF forces under commander Jack Abbas and BIFF members in Barangay (village) Kabasalan, Pikit town, around 5:50 p.m. on Thursday, military officials said.
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