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MILF fed up, wonât return to peace gab
THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front has abandoned the idea of talking peace with the government whom it accused of failing to control the military. MILF spokesman Ustadz Eid Kabalu said yesterday there is no use entering into a peace accord with a government that has no control over its armed forces. "No control over the armed forces" means that they fight back when attacked. Terrible, that. Kabalu made the statement a day after government forces occupied Buliok Complex, an MILF stronghold in Central Mindanao. âWe will not go back to the negotiating table as long as the government fails to control the military. Doing so would be foolish,â Kabalu said. Got nothing to bring to the bargaining table, do you Eid? He said governmentâs failure to put the military on a leash was exemplified last week when President Macapagal-ÂArroyo ordered a ceasefire in the assault in Pikit, North Cotabato. The soldiers, Kabalu said, went on bombarding MILF camps despite the ceasefire, which was lifted Tuesday. The MILF pulled out its fighters in Buliok Friday, signaling an end to the six-day offensive. Yahoo! G'bye, boys! Don't come back, now, y'hear? But MILF attacks were reported in different areas in Lanao del Norte Saturday. In one report, an undetermined group of MILF rebels attacked the detachment of the 26th Infantry Battalion in Magsaysay. A day earlier, rebels retreating from an Army operation killed three farmers in Kauswagan. "Yar. We been kicked out. Damned army slipped its leash. Mahmoud, kill some farmers." Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-02-16 |
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