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12015-12-12T13:31:07-08:00Cary Yballa98e3545aa46567f71b3ab847ed3420c7a004d55dKATO on small horse1media/Philippines-Muslim-Rebels-1769x1254.jpegplain2015-12-12T13:31:07-08:00Philippines Muslim RebelsNickee ButlanganSTRMaguindanaoPHLTOK106APBM HY**TOK** KAJ**TOK**FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, Ameril Umbra Kato, the commander of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement, rides a horse inside his rebel stronghold in Maguindanao province in southern Philippines. The commander whose rebels have pledged support to the Islamic State group died Tuesday following a long ailment, the Philippine military and insurgents said Wednesday, April 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Nickee Butlangan, File)20110816000000+0000TUESDAY AUG. 16, 2011 FILE PHOTOAP5IFILEAmeril Umbra KatoCary Yballa98e3545aa46567f71b3ab847ed3420c7a004d55d
12015-12-12T13:44:23-08:00Cary Yballa98e3545aa46567f71b3ab847ed3420c7a004d55dCoffins of SAF1media/Coffins of the 44.jpgplain2015-12-12T13:44:23-08:00epaselect PHILIPPINES CONFLICTDENNIS M. SABANGANSTFsouth of ManilaPhilippinesDEN10EPADS MSepaselect epa04592365 Members of elite Police Special Action Force carry the remains of forty-two of their forty-four comrades from three C-130 military planes that arrived from southern Philippines at Villamor Air Base, south of Manila, Philippines, 29 January 2015. Fighting between police and Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines has left at least 50 people dead, a police report said. Police were trying to arrest two suspected Jemaah Islamiyah terrorists in the town of Mamasapano in Maguindanao province, 960 kilometres south of Manila, when the clash erupted. The rebels belonged to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which signed a peace deal with the government in March, and to its breakaway faction the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, which opposed the agreement. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN20150129epaselectEPA5WARARMED CONFLICTFilipino elite cops remains arrive in ManilaCary Yballa98e3545aa46567f71b3ab847ed3420c7a004d55d