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| Southeast Asia |
| Philippines offers autonomy to MILF |
| 2011-08-23 |
| [Straits Times] The Philippines on Monday offered Mohammedan rebels waging a decades-long insurgency the prospect of autonomy, but warned they must first lay down their arms and a peace pact was likely years away. The offer was contained in the government's proposal for peace with the 12,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) at the start of three days of talks in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. 'This proposal presents the possibility of a more empowered, more workable and thus, more genuine autonomy of a Bangsamoro (Filipino Mohammedan) region,' the government said in a statement summarising its offer. The government did not make public all the specific details, but hinted the area could expand and improve the existing Autonomous Region in Mohammedan Mindanao (ARMM), which groups five Mohammedan provinces in the country's troubled south. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 "Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)" ROFL..they gotta change that name... |
| Posted by: Trembling B4 G*d 2011-08-23 06:16 |
| #1 Let me guess.. the new constitution for the South would enshrine sharia law, offer no protections to Christians, and become a springboard for Islam in the Pacific. |
| Posted by: American Delight 2011-08-23 01:18 |