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Philippine farmers return to burned-out homes

August 16, 2008

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 [...]

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Philippino General: “how do you negotiate with people who threaten to blow you up if you don’t give them what they want?”

August 15, 2008

*  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, [...]

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Philippines: 800 Moro ‘rebels’ drive 6,500 Christians to abandon their homes and farms

August 10, 2008

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 [...]

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