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A "blue-eyed AmericanSoldier" was allegedly among the dead, according to a local farmer, after a clash between the Philippine National Police and Moro forces occured in Mindanao on the 26th of January. This is despite the fact that foreign forces are constitutionally barred from entering combat in the Philippines. (Rappler)