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06-20-02, 01:59 AM
ZAMBOANGA CITY - For the first time since joint Philippine-US military exercises started five months ago, American soldiers on the southern island of Basilan clashed on Monday afternoon with suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorists. At least two US Marines and one Filipino soldier exchanged heavy gunfire with 10 unidentified men, military officials from both countries said. The five-minute firefight started when the bandits fired on American soldiers guarding US Navy Seabees, engineers building a road in the village of Maligue, about 10 kilometers from the capital town of Isabela.

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