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Summary The army troops were traveling to provide combat supplies to other soldiers.
The Philippine military says army troops have clashed with al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf militants in the countrys south in new fighting that killed four combatants.The military says army troops were traveling to provide combat supplies to other soldiers when they stumbled on about 40 Abu Sayyaf gunmen Wednesday near a school in far-flung Sumisip town on Basilan Island. A brief clash erupted, and two soldiers and two militants were killedRegional army spokesman Capt. Albert Caber said Thursday that another two soldiers and two militants were wounded.Hundreds of troops have been hunting Abu Sayyaf gunmen and rogue fighters of a larger group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, who were blamed for recent deadly attacks on troops and workers of a huge rubber plantation.
