When 79-year-old priest Michael Sinot was abducted from his home in Pagadian City in the Philippines’ Zamboanga del Sur province, it wasn’t unrealistic to point fingers at the MILFs. After all, members of the Al Qaeda-linked Moro Islamic Liberation Front, aka MILF, have been responsible for some nasty shit in the area. But a prominent [...]
Despite heavy losses a few weeks ago, the Philippines’ Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is still waging war in that country’s southern region. This time, they attacked a prison in North Cotabato, hoping to free “high-value government targets.” From PhilStar: Lt. Col. Jonathan Ponce, Army 6th Infantry Division spokesman, said the MILF rebels engaged prison guards [...]
Are these the end days of Asian separatist groups? AFP reports that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, aka the Tamil Tigers, are “cornered” and that Sri Lanka has rejected a proposed truce, describing it as a “trap.” For more than 30 years, LTTE has fought for an independent Tamil state on the island nation of Sri Lanka. Reuters [...]
