2008 Cotabato conflict

2008 Battle of Cotabato
	Part of the Moro conflict
Date	August 9, 2008 – Late August 2008
Location	Cotabato, Philippines
Result	Philippine government victory Government forces retake control of villages held by rebels; Eventual establishment of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF);
Belligerents
Philippines Armed Forces of the Philippines; Philippine National Police;	Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Commanders and leaders
	Umbra Kato
Strength
2,500 troops	1,000 rebels

The 2008 Battle of Cotabato was a military confrontation between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and a rogue Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) faction under the command of Umbra Kato in Cotabato, a province of Mindanao, in the Philippines.