Posted on 08/23/2011 7:17:24 AM PDT by bayouranger
MANILA — The Philippines' main Muslim rebel group said a hardline commander blamed for some of the country's deadliest attacks in recent years had gone rogue because he opposed peace talks with the government.
Ameril Umbrakato took about 300 followers with him as he broke away from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and formed his own group based in farming villages of the southern Philippines, MILF vice chairman Ghazali Jaafar said.
"Until he returns to the fold he is considered a lost command," Jaafar told AFP.
"He (Umbrakato) wants us to stop the negotiations saying it is going nowhere."
The 12,000-strong MILF has been waging an insurgency for more than three decades that initially aimed for an independent Muslim state in the mostly Catholic country's south, but is now focused on autonomy.
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“He’s out there operating without any decent restraint, totally beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct. And he is still in the field commanding troops.”
He wants to keep slaughtering people
They say this guy has “gone rogue” they are comparing him to Sarah Palin.
I think the term MILF also strikes comparisons :-O
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