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Outboards & Outriggers. On the same day another important bandit leader, Ladrima Asmawil, surrendered on similar terms. It was a showy beginning for Magsaysay's campaign; but not an ending. Kamlon formally surrendered once before, in 1948, but was soon back to his old plundering tricks. Some 50 other Moro bands still roam the southern islands and piratically ply the Sulu Sea. They are armed with 8,000 to 10,000 firearms salvaged from the war years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Peace under the Palms | 8/11/1952 | See Source »

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