{"id":31072,"date":"2017-06-01T05:39:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T05:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=31072"},"modified":"2017-06-01T05:39:15","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T05:39:15","slug":"philippine-military-kills-10-soldiers-errant-airstrike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/philippine-military-kills-10-soldiers-errant-airstrike.html","title":{"rendered":"Philippine Military Kills 10 of Its Soldiers in Errant Airstrike"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Philippine Military Kills 10 of Its Soldiers in Errant Airstrike<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">An airstrike by the Philippine military killed 10 of the country&rsquo;s own soldiers and injured eight others as the government struggled to take back the southern city of Marawi from insurgents loyal to the Islamic State, officials said on Thursday.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">The deaths came more than a week after the military moved to capture an insurgent leader only to be surprised by a heavily armed fighting force of rebels who went on to seize much of the city, holding a Roman Catholic priest and several others hostage. Since then the government has been using airstrikes to try to drive out the rebels.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">&ldquo;A group of our military army men were hit by our own airstrikes,&rdquo; the defense secretary, Delfin Lorenzana, said in a text message to reporters. &ldquo;Ten killed and eight wounded.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">&ldquo;Sometimes the fog of war,&rdquo; he said in explaining the killings. &ldquo;The coordination was not properly done so we hit our own people.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">It was unclear when the attack happened, or what type of airstrike was involved. The military has been using a combination of soldiers and helicopters in its effort to dislodge the rebels.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Source:-&nbsp;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/05\/31\/world\/asia\/philippines-soldiers-military-isis-marawi.html?_r=0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/philippine-military-kills-10-soldiers-errant-airstrike.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philippine Military Kills 10 of Its Soldiers in Errant Airstrike An airstrike by the Philippine military killed 10 of the country&rsquo;s own soldiers and injured eight others as the government struggled to take back the southern city of Marawi from insurgents loyal to the Islamic State, officials said on Thursday. 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