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2007-04-17 Southeast Asia

Fighting spreads in southern Philippines, 21 dead

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Posted by ryuge 2007-04-17 07:55|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If you count up the news accounts of dead Abus over the last 5 years and cut the number in half you still have more dead Abus than there supposedly ever were.

So I think it's more a situation of lots of bad guys who sometimes wear an Abu hat and sometimes an MNLF or MILF or JI or what-have-you hat.

And if that's true you'll never be done with the Abus until you deal with the other groups as well.

Posted by Iblis 2007-04-17 12:43|| 2007-04-17 12:43|| Front Page Top

#2 The other problem is that there's a steady flow INTO the Philippines from Indonesia, Malaysia, and points west. Cut that link, and you can reduce the numbers significantly. Otherwise, you're in a self-perpetuating mess.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-04-17 15:00|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-04-17 15:00|| Front Page Top

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