Word: boac
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...Recent army reports have Muklis hiding out in the cloud-swathed mountain range that rises abruptly from the placid waters of Lake Lanao in central Mindanao. "Getting into that area is very, very difficult," says Colonel Ernesto Boac, commander of the army brigade based in Marawi. Standing in front of a topographical wall map, he points to the densely wrinkled contours along the provincial border south of the lake. "It's difficult getting human intelligence out of there, and we're not picking up radio transmissions. It's a black hole." Not just for the Philip-pines, but increasingly...