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GOVT CAPTURES ANOTHER MILF CAMP
Cotabato City, June 9, 2000 - The military has captured the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) 70-hectare Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao.
In Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao, soldiers were able to capture Camp Darapanan without resistance.
Local officials said the rebels moved out of the camp when Datu Tucao Mastura, the acknowledged town leader, convinced the guerrillas to leave Darapanan so as not to endanger civilians.
Soldiers from the Army's 3rd Infantry Battalion then destroyed a big detention cell on top of a hill, and continued to scour its perimeter for land mines.
Meanwhile, the military claimed that scores of Muslim rebels have been killed in a three-day battle in Lutayan, Sultan Kudarat province.
A report from the Army's 64th Infantry Battalion said soldiers were able to intercept radio messages from the guerrillas, notifying their superiors about casualties. No figures were given in the report.
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