3,000 flee from MNLF, MILF standoff in North Cotabato village
By Edwin Fernandez
Close to 3,000 individuals from three adjoining villages here have fled their homes as rival Moro rebel groups continue war posturing despite localized truce.
Close to 3,000 individuals from three adjoining villages here have fled their homes as rival Moro rebel groups continue war posturing despite localized truce.
Police and Army personnel are now standing in between warring Moro rebel groups in a remote village here while top-level efforts to address misunderstanding are underway.
Police and Army personnel are now standing in between warring Moro rebel groups in a remote village here while top level efforts to address misunderstanding are underway.
Fighting between members of the Moro National Liberation Front and Moro Islamic Liberation Front broke out in Matalam, North Cotabato, on Thursday.
The government will not admit it, but the country is in a state of belligerency where rebels control certain areas and the government leaves them alone.
Malaysia ordered air strikes and mortar attacks against 200 men sent by the Sultan of Sulu to occupy a coastal village in Sabah.
Moro National Liberation Front chairman Nur Misuari said hundreds of his armed fighters will continue efforts to free foreign hostages held by al-Qaeda-linked gunmen in Mindanao despite a clash last week that killed scores of combatants from both sides.
After years of fighting the government from hidden jungle bases in Mindanao, an al-Qaida-linked bandit group is facing a new adversary: fellow Moro insurgents who can match their guerrilla battle tactics and are eager to regain their lost stature by fighting the widely condemned terrorist group.
After years of fighting the government from hidden jungle bases in the southern Philippines, an Al-Qaida-linked militant group is facing a new adversary: fellow Muslim insurgents who can match their guerrilla battle tactics and are eager to regain their lost stature by fighting the widely condemned terrorist group.
Moro National Liberation Front Chairman Nur Misuari denied Saturday that he ordered MNLF forces to attack the Abu Sayyaf but said he supported the deciksion of one of his commanders in Sulu to do so because it was time to eradicate the bandit group once and for all.
Malacañang said on Thursday that authorities would eventually intervene to stop sporadic fighting between the Moro National Liberation Front and Abu Sayyaf bandits in Sulu but only after securing the civilians.
Fighters of the Moro National Liberation Front have rescued three foreign hostages held by Abu Sayyaf bandits in Sulu province, a radio report said early Thursday.
In an effort to stay neutral in the shooting war pitting the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) against the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu province, the government looks like a weakling.
