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Philippines - Muslim rebels hold Manila's military chief hostage
Reuters (excerpt) ^
| February 2, 2007
Posted on 02/02/2007 8:53:54 PM PST by HAL9000
Excerpt -
MANILA, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Muslim separatists in the southern Philippines are holding Manila's military chief, the head of the government's truce panel, a colonel and an undetermined number of soldiers hostage, senior military sources said on Saturday. Members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) were refusing to let Brigadier-General Ben Dolorfino, the commander of military forces in the capital, and Ramon Santos, government undersecretary for the peace process with the MNLF, leave their camp until their jailed founder was released.
Local media reported that more than 20 senior military, defence and government officials were being held at the MNLF's camp near Panamao town on Jolo island, 600 miles (950 km) south of Manila but senior military sources, who declined to be identified, would only confirm three hostages.
Dolorfino, a Muslim convert who had flown to Jolo for talks with the MNLF, told reporters by text message that he was safe.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dolorfino; hostage; hostages; islam; jihad; jolo; misuari; mnlf; moro; muslim; muslims; nurmisuari; panamao; philippines; religionofpeace; rop; sulu; trop
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posted on
02/02/2007 8:54:05 PM PST
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
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posted on
02/02/2007 8:54:38 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Well, it's 2007. Time to get ready for 2008.)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
02/02/2007 8:56:28 PM PST
by
Eagles6
(Dig deeper, more ammo.)
To: HAL9000
Thank for breaking news I just got off BBC breaking news alert Hal
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posted on
02/02/2007 8:58:20 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: HAL9000
Muslim separatists in the southern Philippines ...
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posted on
02/02/2007 10:09:16 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: M. Espinola; ASA Vet; Zhang Fei
The MNLF is the oldest of four Muslim rebel groups in the Philippines. Disillusionment with the implementation of the 1996 peace deal has encouraged some members to defect to other groups such as the Abu Sayyaf and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
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posted on
02/02/2007 10:13:23 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Well, now the Filipino government knows what truces with the MNLF are worth.
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posted on
02/02/2007 10:31:35 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
To: HAL9000
They were holding peace negotiations that have been going on for awhile. It's unclear if they were kidnapped by a smaller group or just stayed overnight.
linkthey have been negotiating for awhile, and the main MILF group helped them with the capture of the more rabid Abu Sayyaf.
Also today, the Phil police raided a safehouse near manila and killed one; they found bomb making material.
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posted on
02/02/2007 10:59:49 PM PST
by
LadyDoc
(liberals only love politically correct poor people)
To: LadyDoc
"Also today, the Phil police raided a safehouse near manila and killed one; they found bomb making material."One less turd in the world. Not bad.
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posted on
02/02/2007 11:06:11 PM PST
by
blackbart.223
(I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
To: HAL9000
The Philippine government should round up every imam that they can lay hands on and throw them in solitary confinement. Give the muzzy animals two days to release the hostages and then start shooting them and feeding the bodies to pigs.
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posted on
02/03/2007 7:13:58 AM PST
by
Desron13
(If you constantly vote between the lesser of two evils then evil is your ultimate destination.)
To: HAL9000
Everywhere in the world! Country after country! Death, destruction, murder, stoning, head-chopping, neck slicing, car bombing, flying planes into buildings. There is one ideology that does the world absolutely no good!
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posted on
02/03/2007 7:21:08 AM PST
by
Leftism is Mentally Deranged
(jihadism = mental illness, but liberals won't admit it because of their own mental shortcomings)
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