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MNLF looking for an excuse to resume hostilities
Up to 50 members of the 400-member police "special mobile group", drawn from detained Muslim leader Nur Misuari's Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) guerrilla group, were to have been shipped out of Misuari's stronghold of Jolo. However, the men have refused to turn in their firearms and decamp, demanding that Army Scout Rangers and Marines also be pulled out of Jolo. "If their demand is not met, they may return to the hills," an official warned. The former rebels have been restricted to camp since Wednesday, when members of the unit allegedly butchered three Scout Rangers in a clash at the Jolo public market. The unit was also involved in a firefight with Marines in Jolo on Tuesday that left 32 people dead including nine Marines.
Not to be brutal or Machiavellian or anything, but wouldn't it be a lot more cost-effective if there was an "unfortunate accident"? Maybe something involving explosives?
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-01-17 |
