* A rather comical situation in the Philippines, where the hapless Arroyo government is somehow (how exactly?) trying to separate the good Moro’s from the bad MILF’s, just like they’re trying to separate the good Hamas boyz from the bad Fatah terrorists (or visa-versa) and elsewhere the good Sunni’s from the bad Shite…. you get the drift?

Philippine leader vows to pursue rogue Muslim rebels

* Muslims need to respect the High Court’s decision

* 13 Muslim rebels dead in Philippines military offensive: army

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A rebel of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. His group has attacked Christian communities.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (BosNewsLife)– Christians in the southern Philippines feared more attacks Tuesday, October 7, a day after the European Union said it would extend seven million euros, or almost 10 million dollars, in emergency aid for people displaced by the Muslim insurgency in the area.
The announcement by the EU, described as one of the largest sources of official development aid to the predominantly Roman Catholic southeast Asian country’s Muslim region, followed similar pledges of more aid from United Nations agencies. Yet Christian families on the island
of Mindanao have told reporters that they remain concerned amid reports Islamic rebels could attack them at midnight.

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AFP

Hudna Alert

MANILA, Philippnies - Due to the “extra care” exercised by the military during the month-long observance of Ramadan, rogue Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) units were able to rebuild their forces.

* Villagers take up arms against Philippine rebels Jihadists

Brigadier General Jorge Segovia, the Armed Forces’ assistant deputy chief of staff for operations, said this was the latest assessment of Joint Task Force Mindanao on the ongoing offensive against wayward MILF rebels in Central Mindanao.

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* From the ‘turn the other cheek’ department:

* Philippines: “Every Month is Ramadan, Every Nation is Palestine”…..

MANILA, (STAR) with thanks to ZIP

 President Arroyo has declared Oct. 1 as a regular non-working holiday in observance of Eid’l Fitr or the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Freedom Fighters Kill Iraqi Children at Play…

American and Driver Murdered to ‘Stop Spread of Christianity’…

Two Germans Killed in Muslim Road Rage ‘Honor’ Attack…

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*  Pals or MILF’s? All united in the global jihad!

Philippines: “rogue Muslims” burn houses, slaughter civilians

More on this story. “Rogue Muslims raid villages,” from Times Online, with thanx to JW:

Manila Muslim rebels in the Philippines attacked several towns, killing at least 26 people and displacing 7,000. 

The raids triggered a swift military response and raised doubts over whether the guerrilla movement was in control of its fighters.

* Thai surge works: RoP Doesn’t Strike in Restive Thailand

According to Ibn Taymiyya — “Sheikh al-Islam” — the jihadist is under no one’s authority, once the jihad is in full swing: “All Islamic lands are one umma. There must be a general call to arms, without requiring permission from the father nor any other opposition,” (from The Al Qaeda Reader, 93).

* MILF’s keep huffing & puffing: “All-out war’ would end govt

Up to 500 Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels raided towns in Lanao del Norte province, burning houses and shooting or hacking civilians to death. Troops reacted with tanks and helicopter gunships. A rebel leader said that the attack was carried out without his knowledge.

Defend every inch of territory, says President

President deplores treacherous attacks by ‘rebels’ 

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RNWW

*  Islam, the gift that keeps on giving…

Tens of thousands of displaced Filipinos have returned to their homes, or what is left of them, after fierce fighting broke out between government soldiers and Muslim separatists in the south of the country earlier this week. The government says at least 10,000 houses were destroyed in North Cotabato province, which forced huge numbers of poor farmers to return to refugee camps.

Government soldiers attacked positions held by Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels holed up in about 15 Christian villages in North Cotabato. Dozens of people were reportedly killed in the fighting and around 160,000 people fled their homes and farms to escape the bloodshed.

*  This morning on Philippine News.

Philippines: “MILF” threatens government with jihad

The “lesser” one at that. Apparently all the blood shed so far — including the displacement of 130,000 Filipinos recently — was but a warm up; or maybe it was simply an external manifestation of the “greater” jihad? At any rate, once again, MILF, true to its jihadist pedigree, engages only in finger-pointing. “Maranao warns of ‘Jihad’ over deal with MILF,” by Efren L. Danao, for the Manila Times, August 15:

A Muslim tribal leader warned on Thursday that there would be a “holy war” or jihad if a memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was scrapped. 

Hadji Abdullah Daliding, a Maranao, issued the warning at the Senate inquiry into the memorandum of agreement conducted by the Committee on Peace and Reconciliation headed by Sen. Jamby Madrigal and the Committee on National Defense headed by Sen. Rodolfo Biazon.[...]

* There is a way to do this, and its not by negotiation. Its not going to be pretty, but it can still be done. The alternative is worse….

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But look how ABC cooks this report:

“Philippine army attacks Muslim rebels in south”

The Philippine military has attacked Muslim rebels holed up in Catholic farmlands in the south prompting hundreds to flee their homes.

* Amazing stuff, isn’t it? “The Philippine military has attacked Muslim rebels”- just like that?      Not a word about the ongoing jihad terror over many decades? These ‘rebels’, are they  ’freedom fighters’ or what are they?

Security officials say at least one soldier was killed and several others were injured during renewed clashes.

The government had given some 800 Moro Islamic Liberation Front guerrillas a 24-hour deadline on Thursday to withdraw from villages in North Cotabato province but most defied the government order.

The interior ministry says the rebels had torched houses, looted farms and caused more than 6,500 people to abandon their homes and farms.

* What? didn’t the first sentence above say something about ‘hundreds’ had to flee their homes? These ‘hundreds now suddenly turns out to be 6500?