Rebel base seized, military says
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The Philippine army seized a well-developed Abu Sayyaf rebel base, a senior military official said today, in a bloody retaliatory offensive spurred by the beheading of soldiers last month. At least 35 soldiers and militants were killed in the raid on the remote southern island of Basilan. The base included underground bunkers and tunnels, a military spokesman said.
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