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June 30, 2003

Philippine Moro rebels to protest "persecution" before U.N.

To cover for their terrorism? From The Manila Times:

THE secessionist group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will file a formal protest before the United Nations Human Rights Commission regarding the alleged religious persecution being done by the military and its “baseless” accusations against the group.

In a telephone interview, MILF spokesman Eid Kabalu accused the Armed Forces of waging a “despicable pattern of attacking alleged MILF camps while a religious performance is going on.”

The MILF has no legal personality before the world body and may use member nations of the Organization of Islamic Conference to represent its interests.

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Posted by Willie Galang at June 30, 2003 12:35 PM | TrackBack

Comments

You have to give them credit for perserverance, given the fact that they've been at it, on again and off again, for over a century.
From what I understand, the U.S. was fighting them on Mindanao a hundred or so years ago, and a friend if mine who is much more knowledgeable about military history than I am said that the Moros were the guys directly responsible for our military realizing the need for a more powerful sidearm, resulting in the issue of the .45 auto.

Posted by: Seth at June 30, 2003 04:54 PM

Reminds me of the American Civil War.

Posted by: TBox at July 2, 2003 05:55 PM