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President Arroyo visited troops in Mindanao as 24,000 residents fled the fighting. The Marine commander in Basilan has been relieved of command. Abu Sayyaf is suspected of conducting Tuesday’s bombing in Zamboanga City.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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