Doh! They are only now figuring this out?
The MILF has been recruiting and rearming ever since they entered the alleged 'Peace Talks'.
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| Southeast Asia |
| MILF used peace talks lull for recruiting |
| 2008-09-23 |
| DATU PIANG, Philippines: Moro fighters in the southern Philippines trained foreign militants and recruited child soldiers while engaged in peace talks with the government, according to documents seen by AFP. Military intelligence officials said they recovered training manuals and bomb-making paraphernalia from a Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) camp on southern Mindanao island last week. Among the evidence were books with details on bomb making, evasion and attacks, as well as fake identification cards of foreign militants, some from the Middle East, the officials said. “We are trying to determine who these people are but clearly it shows you that the MILF has never stopped taking in foreign militants into its camps on Mindanao,” one intelligence officer who did not want to be identified told AFP. “While we have been talking peace to them the past five years, they used the lull in fighting to continue recruiting, and establishing connections to foreign militants,” the officer said. “The bomb making technology is obviously imported.” The MILF has for the past 40 years been fighting for a homeland for the minority Muslim community on Mindanao. Fresh violence erupted on the island last month when the group’s negotiations with the government were officially scrapped after 11 years. One of the training manuals said MILF recruits were taught to have an “aggressive spirit” and the “will to close and kill or capture the enemy.” The lectures, written in a mix of English and Arabic, include military instructions on map reading and on assembling fuses and powerful homemade bombs using cigarette lighters. There were also step-by-step instructions on securing a given area using advanced grid systems, planting a bomb and maintaining a safe distance at the time of explosion. “The purpose of combat-training is to mold you into a tough, self reliant fighting man, capable of performing effectively as a member of your team,” according to one of the instruction manuals. The army also retrieved pictures of what appear to be induction ceremonies for boys in their early teens being trained to join the MILF. The youngsters appear to be holding high-powered automatic rifles as they listen to an address by MILF commander Americal Umbra Kato. |
| Posted by:Classer |
| #5 A number of local Guam Filipinos I've talked to wold prob agree wid #2 CRAZYFOOL's post - while no one favors giving Filipino Muslims = MILF/MOROS independence or potent local autonomy, at the same time A MAJORITY DOUBT MANILA'S LONG TERM ABILITY WIDOUT US ASST. TO RESIST AND PREVENT A PARTITION OR BREAKUP OF THE PHILIPINES TO ISLAM WITHIN 10-15 YEARS [2018-2023/2025 r.o.]??? GUAM's PERCEIVED NEED FOR FOREIGN LABOR VEE THE MARINE RELOC FROM OKINAWA IS ONLY THE "TIP OF THE ICEBERG/BEGINNING" FOR GUAM AS PER POST-2010 INTERNATIONAL GEOPOL, ECON, + WARMING-INDUCED ENVIRO PRESSURES. Many people, includ Guamanians, can of course take the easy route and leave ASIA-PACIFIC for the USA = AMERICAS, except for the fact that CHINA > has already declared 1/2 of CONUS-NORAM OR MORE AS FUTURE CHINESE TERRITORY + LIVING SPACE. LEAVING "CHINA" [Guam-WESTPAC/Asia] for "CHINA" [CONUS-NORAM]!? THE GOOD NEWS AFAIK IS THAT RADICAL ISLAM HASN'T FORMALLY DECLARED CONUS-NORAM AS FUTURE ISLAMIC TERRITORY FOR THEMSELVES - Y-E-T??? Or did they??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-09-23 21:59 |
| #4 Typical MSM bullshit, the AK-47 is classed as a medium power weapon. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-09-23 19:27 |
| #3 "youngsters appear to be holding high-powered automatic rifles" Don't they mean chicom AK's? |
| Posted by: Last Breath Farm Resident 2008-09-23 18:18 |
| #2 Doh! They are only now figuring this out? The MILF has been recruiting and rearming ever since they entered the alleged 'Peace Talks'. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-09-23 14:33 |
| #1 hudna |
| Posted by: Percy Whaviter2861 2008-09-23 13:53 |