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The military will expand the fight against Abu Sayyaf in Basilan, and Scouts, Special Forces, and SEALs will be thrown into the fight. MILF agreed to pull out its forces from a town in Basilan to avoid a fight with the military. A bomb blast in Zamboanga City wounded 14.

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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