Friday, July 27, 2007


Military troops recovered the bodies of 14 marines, some of them beheaded, after clashing with Muslim insurgents while searching for a kidnapped Italian priest Fr. Gian Carlo Bossi. Nine others were wounded in some of the bloodiest fighting this year. The clash erupted Tuesday in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan. At least 10 bodies were beheaded, caculitan said, including those of six marines earlier reported missing. (PHOTO BY DAVID GREEDY)