DEATHS FROM REBEL ATTACKS GROW TO 35
MILF continues ambushes; 3 troops, 5 workers slain
By Mario J. Mallari 10/24/2011Muslim rebels believed belonging to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) shot dead three more soldiers and five rubber plantation workers yesterday in the latest bout of violence that brought the number of deaths blamed on the MILF to 35 since last week in what is the deadliest eruption of violence involving the separatist group in recent years.
The week’s killings have put extreme pressure on President Aquino to review the faltering peace process with the MILF, with some leading lawmakers calling for an all-out war.
The latest MILF attack involved two ambushes in Basilan and Lanao del Norte provinces, resulting in the killing of at least eight soldiers and civilians.
Army chief Lt. Gen. Arturo Ortiz said that elements of the Army’s 5th Infantry Battalion (IB), led by Lt. Col. Bagnus Gaerlan, were traversing Tukuran-Paranga Road in Barangay Payong in Sultan Naga Dimaporo in.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20111024hed1.html
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pati naman plantation workers. hindi pagpapalain ni allah itong milf na ito ah.
"In Basilan, the MILF band of Hassan Asnawi was blamed for the ambush against plantation workers in Sumisip town at around 5:30 a.m. Sunday...
"“According to the source, more or less 40 MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) under Hassan Asnawi perpetrated the said ambush,” Cabunoc said, citing a military field report."
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