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250 MILF rebels surrender
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| 8.15.03
| Jaime Laude
Posted on 08/15/2003 12:58:18 PM PDT by freepatriot32
Two hundred forty one active members and nine commanders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) abandoned the armed struggle for a separate Muslim state in Mindanao and formally pledged allegiance to the government yesterday.
The ceremony was held at headquarters of the 4th Infantry division at Camp Edilberto Evangelista, in Cagayan de Oro City.
Major Gen. Cristolito Balaoing, commander of the 4th Infantry "Diamond" Division, said the rebels also turned over to the government 140 high-powered firearms, including five 60 mm mortars and two 40 mm M-79 grenade launchers.
According to Balaoing, the rebels who surrendered to the military by batches previously operated in Lanao del Norte and Cotabato City.
Balaoing said the MILF rebels surrendered to the military even before the government and the MILF agreed to reconvene for formal peace negotiations. The surrender was part of back-channeling efforts facilitated by Malacañang.
Among the prominent commanders who yielded to the authorities last June 15 was Commander Guiling Lucsadatu, alias Lucky 7, of the Bangsa Moro Islamic Armed Forces (BMIAF), whose men were operating in Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur.
Lucsudatu brought along with him his loyal followers including 44 firearms and explosives ranging from caliber .30 Garand rifles to carbines.
A relative, Commander Mudski, reportedly the major combatant and strike force of MILF leader Commander Axapala, and his loyal followers also surendered to Army troops.
Late last month, MILF leader Amano Gachalia, alias "Aman", along with his 15 field commanders and their firearms also surrendered to Army authorities in Lanao del Norte. Gachalia has served the MILF leadership for seven years.
In Lanao de Sur, Balaoing said that another batch of 31 MILF rebels headed by Commander Mosib Rama, MILFs 501st Brigade Division commander, yielded to the Army authorities in the area.
In Cotabato City, 25 MILF rebels under Commander Tony Sumilalao Sapalon and MILFs Brigade Commander Dante Dindo Adal, also yielded to the government troops and turned in 25 high-powered firearms on June 24 to Maj. Gen. Generoso Senga, Army Commander of the Armys 6th Infantry Division.
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Two hundred forty one active members and nine commanders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) abandoned the armed struggle for a separate Muslim state in Mindanao and formally pledged allegiance to the government yesterday.
Right lets just take there word for it I mean hell if you cant trust a murderous gang of muslim terrorist who can you trust
To: freepatriot32
Call me ignorant, but where exactly is Mindanao?
To: freepatriot32
Bookmarking this for later. I know where this thread is going. ;)
To: freepatriot32
Were they caught by The MILF Hunter?
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posted on
08/15/2003 1:02:01 PM PDT
by
lelio
To: nuffsenuff
southern phillipines
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posted on
08/15/2003 1:04:02 PM PDT
by
taxed2death
(A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
To: lelio
I think this name is a serious freudian slip, if you know what I mean.
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posted on
08/15/2003 1:04:12 PM PDT
by
Monty22
To: lelio
Were they caught by The MILF Hunter? 250? That's quite the catch IMO.
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posted on
08/15/2003 1:04:48 PM PDT
by
steveo
(Well doctor, sometimes I feel like a nut and sometimes, well, you know...)
To: nuffsenuff
Yer Iggerant. ;}
Mindanao is one of the Phillipine Islands.
They're in the Pacific Ocean, Southern Hemisphere, Planet Earth.
To: lelio
Were they caught by The MILF Hunter? Now I'm imagining Steve Irwin stalking naked forty-something women, and laughing my ass off.
}:-)4
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posted on
08/15/2003 1:06:38 PM PDT
by
Moose4
(I'm the moose, bring on the cheese baby!)
To: *Far East
To: lelio
I think The MILF Hunter, in conjunction with that guy from American Pie, organized this capture.
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posted on
08/15/2003 1:08:16 PM PDT
by
LanPB01
To: shadowman99
ditto, this ought to be good.
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posted on
08/15/2003 1:09:32 PM PDT
by
ctlpdad
(i'm sick of my tagline.)
To: freepatriot32
...Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
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posted on
08/15/2003 1:10:02 PM PDT
by
Consort
Comment #14 Removed by Moderator
To: freepatriot32
What's a MILF ?
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posted on
08/15/2003 1:11:37 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(We are crushing our enemies, seeing him driven before us and hearing the lamentations of the liberal)
To: freepatriot32
MILF, oh I thought, never mind.
To: freepatriot32
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)OMG! MILF, to me, has always stood for Mothers I'd Like to Fornicate.
You used this term as a kid to describe the occasional hot-looking mom you'd run across.
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posted on
08/15/2003 1:12:32 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999!)
To: freepatriot32; bedolido; mlmr; The Brush
MILF rebels! I gotta meet those ladies!
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posted on
08/15/2003 1:13:33 PM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Distributor of Pain, Your Loss Becomes My Gain)
To: lelio; shadowman99
ok, who's got the pics
I spend way to much time on the web
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posted on
08/15/2003 1:13:39 PM PDT
by
vin-one
(I wish i had something clever to put in this tag)
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