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Filippino Commies sez theyâd never recruit for JI
The National Democratic Front (NDF) in Northern Mindanao has denied accusations they are recruiting members to join the Jemaa Islamiah, a suspected international terrorist group said to be operating in central Mindanao."Lies! All lies!" George Madlos alias Ka Oris, spokesman of NDF-Northern Mindanao, said the Communist Party of the Philippines, âas a revolutionary organization, could not in any way work with a terrorist group like the JI.â No, of course not. Why, itâs as incomprehensible as a right-wing Texas Republican president working with a left-wing Labour prime minister! Canât ya all see our ideologies are incompatible? Madlos was one of the speakers, through a phone patch, in a forum dubbed âUncovering the Truth: Initiatives for Peace in Mindanao,â held here Friday at the Estosan Garden Hotel. Madlos said the âstrategies and principles of the CPP-NDF-NPA in their struggle for freedom and democracy do not conform with that of JIâs.â NPA is the New Peopleâs Army, which has itâs own version of Armed Struggle(TM) going on mainly in the northern Philippines. They have contacts both with MILF and North Korea, which is reason enough to keep an eye on them. âThis is one of the many propaganda the government and its ally, the United States, is spreading in the country to discredit the peopleâs revolution and give them reasons to attack the group,â he stressed. Iâd say the NPAâs antics are reason enough in of themselves ... Reports said at least 10 top NPA leaders in southern Philippines are undergoing training and recruiting members for the JI. Meantime, Madlos admitted the NDF has strengthened its tactical alliance with the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in their fight for the recognition of the Bangsamoroâs right to self-determination And MILF has ties to JI and gets cash from Hanbali, therefore what can we conclude ... Madlos has accused the government of insincerity and delaying the peace talks with the MILF. âWhile talks are ongoing, the Armed Forces of the Philippines continues to strike areas believed to be MILF territories,â he said. I think the military just figured that whatâs good for the goose is good for the gander. If MILF doesnât want the government coming down on their heads, their new supremo Murad could always rein in the krazed killers. Madlos has warned the MILF it may âfall into a trapâ as it talks peace with the government. "Cause itâs all a Conspiracy(TM), donât ya see?" âThe autonomy in Mindanao has not, in any way, changed the lives of many poor Muslims. It has even worsened the situation,â he explained. Perhaps due to the fact that the "change" that MILF wants to implement is the installation of the Wahhabi shaâriah and the reduction of half the population to the status of breeding stock. The communist leader urged former fighters of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), which forged a peace settlement with government in 1996, who were deprived of benefits brought about by the agreement to arm themselves and continue fighting for the Moro peopleâs struggle for self determination. "You heard it boys, go join the Armed Struggle(TM)!" Madlos said they sympathize with what happened to former MNLF chair Nur Misuari, who is now in jail in a heavy guarded prison facility in Fort Sto. Domingo in Sta. Rosa, Laguna because of the rebellion charges hurled against him. "I mean, it couldâve been me ..." âThe NPA is one in the struggle of the Bangsamoro people in achieving their long desired right to self determination,â he said. For Madlos, the supposed autonomy is nothing if offensives against âour Muslim brothersâ continue. Itâs one big happy Posted by: Dan Darling 2003-11-17 |
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