MANILA, Philippines - A total of 44 Special Action Force members, now known as the SAF 44, were killed during an armed encounter with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters at Mamasapano, Maguindanao last January 25.
The SAF force was supposed to deliver an arrest warrant for Malaysian terrorist Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Adhir, alias Marwan, and his Filipino cohort Abdul Basit Usman.
On their Facebook page, the Philippine National Police posted a video as a tribute for their fallen comrades.
SAF troopers silent when President Benigno Aquino III asked if they have something to tell him after his speech in front of police commandos last Tuesday.
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