MERGED: MILF-GRP Peace Process, Related Issues and Developments

[higanstolsdawen]

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This partly explains why the troops underestimated their enemy. They were unaware of two common practices Basilan veterans would have anticipated. The first is “Pasa Bilis” – the area’s quick information dissemination. As soldiers move, members of the community sympathetic to the Abu Sayyaf and the MILF text their location and other information. The second is known as “Pintakasi” – when civilians join the fight against a common enemy - the military. One intelligence source said, “this is our version of Black Hawk Down.”

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[gamatoy]

para nako kani PEACE TALKS usik2x rani sa gasto sa goberno,sa balita na 2billion na na gasto sa goberno sa peace talks na gihimo nila,,,pero unsay resulta wala gihapon...karon naay panawagan sa mga tawo na kinahanglan ALL OUT WAR....gubaton gyud ug pulpugon na mga nakasamuk sa goberno like.abusayaf,milf,npa,ug uban pang mga nakadagtigaw sa goberno....kay kana na pamaagi gubaton aron mabungkag to ilang grupo ug makuha na sa mga katawhan ang kalinaw sa mindanao....

[black_mamba]

nagisa sa sariling mantika.. hahaha

ALWAYS KEEP YOUR WORDS SOFT & SWEET.JUST iNCASE U'LL HAVE TO EAT THEM,U CAN SWALLOW IT WELL.

-OPRAH

bato2x sa langit ang tamaan wag magalit.. LOL

[alkido]

mao2.. d lang sige pa gwapo

[trollaccount]

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Pintakasi is a call to arms. Every able bodied male child or adult Tausug is expected to join in what looks like a ritual where the "warriors" are known to distinguish themselves through identifiable hairstyles. So when villages are finally captured, those sporting semi opaos, mohawks, or dyed hair are rounded up and summarily executed, child or adult. And may I add, rightfully so.

[black_mamba]

Pintakasi is a call to arms. Every able bodied male child or adult Tausug is expected to join in what looks like a ritual where the "warriors" are known to distinguish themselves through identifiable hairstyles. So when villages are finally captured, those sporting semi opaos, mohawks, or dyed hair are rounded up and summarily executed, child or adult. And may I add, rightfully so.

ahhh that makes sense...

tinood diay tong gi sulti sa akong amigo nga even mga bata pamatyon... mao diay ni reason.. abi nku tungod ra sa ilang kalagot mao kaya nila mo patay ug mga bata...

[Sand Man]

News...

It takes 2 to tango for peace, says MILF chair

MANILA, Philippines - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leadership has described its ongoing engagement with the Philippine government as a dance, with the 2 sides needing to know the right steps toward peace.

"This is like dancing the tango. It takes two to tango. And government should be a strong partner (if they want this to succeed)," MILF Chairman Al Haj Murad told ABS-CBN News in an exclusive interview.

The MILF Central Committee said it stands firm on peace negotiations.

However, it wants a political settlement to be made first before the government focuses on its planned reforms for the Bangsamoro people.

"The MILF wants to pursue the Central Committee peacetalks and come up with a political settlement --- unless government abrogates all past agreements and renounces the peace process," Murad said.

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Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Ging Deles, meanwhile, clarified that the MILF has not rejected government proposals to address the Mindanao problem.

She added that negotiations are continuing, and formal talks are expected to begin soon.

Deles also defended President Benigno Aquino's stand against declaring an all-out war against the MILF, in the aftermath of last week's clashes in Basilan and the attacks in Zamboanga Sibugay.

She cited a World Bank study that shows the Philippine government already spent between $2 billion to $3 billion from 1970 to 2001 for resolving the conflict in Mindanao.

The same study said progress in Mindanao is set back by as long as 30 years for every major offensive.

Meanwhile, it could take as long as 15 years for affected residents to get a semblance of a normal life, it added.

Bangsamoro scholar Noor Lucman, who helped ABS-CBN News get an interview with Murad, said the military's ongoing pursuit operations against so-called lawless elements should not be considered an all-out war.

He said he is aware of the cost of an all-out war and the end of peace talks.

Deles and Lucman both believe that former President Joseph Eestrada's all-out war against the MILF in 2000 was a failure.

The military overran the MILF main camp of Abubakar in 2000. In 2003, then Armed Forces chief Angelo Reyes ordered the bombing of the MILF camp at the Buliok complex in Maguindanao.

In 2008, clashes and attacks again erupted when the Supreme Court ruled that the Memorandum on Agreement on Ancestral Domain reached during the Arroyo administration was unconstitutional.

The MILF said it will release in 3 days' time a statement on the current situation in Mindanao and recent clashes in Al-Barka, Basilan that resulted in the deaths of 19 soldiers. - ANC

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MILF commends PNoy for rejecting war

MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino has again won over the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) after he refused to declare an all-out war against the MILF despite the killing of 19 soldiers in an encounter in Al-Barka town in Basilan last week.

In a statement on the Luwaran website, MILF vice-chairman for political affairs Ghazali Jaafar said the MILF is convinced of the sincerity and political will of President Aquino to "forge a comprehensive, just, enduring and honorable negotiated political solution to the problem in Mindanao and the Bangsamoro issue."

“The Central Committee of the MILF under the leadership of Chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim commended His Excellency President Aquino for standing firm for the continuity and succesful conclusion of the GPH [Philippine government] – MILF Peace Process,” Jaafar said.

The MILF official backed Aquino's decision to reject an all-out war against the MILF and the Bangsamoro people.

He also conveyed the condolences of the MILF to the bereaved families of the officers and soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

“We feel as much grief with the families of the fallen soldiers of both the government and MILF forces," he said.

Jaafar said the encounter in Al-Barka last week was "unwarranted, unfortunate and should not have happened in the first place."

"Both the MILF and the government did not want these incidents to happen,” he said.

He pointed out that the established ceasefire mechanisms such as the GPH – MILF Coordinating Committees on the Cessation of Hostitlties (CCCH), GPH – MILF Adhoc Joint Action Group (AHJAG), Local Monitoring Teams (LMTs), and the International Monitoring Team (IMT) must be allowed to function in order to resolve the cases within their mandates peacefully.

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[kiybordwaryur]

^^

nabuang na..PNoy and MILF collaboration na nuon!

latest news!
MILF: Suspects in Zambo Sibugay clash not our members - Regions - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News

toinks! ngita na pod lusot!

“The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said on Tuesday that the three armed men being sought by the government for their alleged involvement in clashes in Zamboanga Sibugay are not their members.”

“The MILF had earlier asserted that the military violated the truce by launching an attack within their area of temporary stay (ATS), which the military denied.”

The question is; if these were not members of MILF why are these groups located inside the MILF agreement area?

cge pa tonto pa PNoy!

[entz_fire]

nausab na ang tuno sa milf, mibhag na ang ikog.

[Piker.50]

Noynoy is an idiot, as I recall he made a back-door meeting with them not to long ago in japan, what the hell was that about?

Now the MILFs are all over Noynoy's ass, I pity his stupidity.