Additional marines for Sulu

Additional battalion of marines to be deployed to Sulu vs Sayyaf
By Aaron Recuenco
The military will deploy another battalion of Marine commandos in Sulu in an attempt to intensify the tactical offensives and eventually end the Abu Sayyaf Group which has been operating in the province for more than two decades now.
Capt. Felix Serapio, Jr., spokesman of the Philippine Marine Corps, said that they are just waiting for the final say of the Philippine Navy leadership as to when the deployment of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 8 (MBLT8) to Sulu will be done.
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Source: news.mb.com.ph

Abu Sayyaf Group
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