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| | Operation Blessing, Philippines |
 | | This was in Barangay Samak, Talipao, which had been shelled, howitzered, torched and razed to the ground by warring Abu Sayyaf terrorists led by Kumander Robot and the military during the infamous Sipadan hostage crisis of 2000. |
 | | During the day-long mission in the once-abandoned schoolhouse of Talipao, many Abu Sayyaf and MNLF rebel returnees came for treatment, including men in their 20s who needed to be circumcised, an operation they could not avail of while hiding in the jungle. |
 | | In deeply divided Sulu, where long-standing grudges, vendettas and bitterness over the past have deeply scarred and wounded the populace, healing springs of forgiveness and reconciliation have hopefully been opened. |
| www.obphil.com /program/health_care/encounter_tausug1.htm (1287 words) |
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