Word: misuari
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...north. The M.N.L.F. was actually born on Jolo in the late-1960s, from which it spread its call for an independent Muslim Mindanao. In the 1970s and '80s, at least 100,000 people were killed in that insurgency through much of the south. In 1996, M.N.L.F. leader Nur Misuari signed a peace deal with the government: Misuari became governor of most of the south and the group disarmed. (A splinter group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (M.I.L.F.) continued fighting for a separate state, although it is currently engaged in peace talks with the government that are held in Malaysia...
...that things ever stay quiet in the south for long. In 2001 the government announced it would hold elections for the region's governorship?something Misuari denounced as a violation of the peace agreement; he sparked a new conflict in Jolo. Misuari fled to Malaysia, was extradited home, and is now in custody in a police camp outside Manila awaiting a trial. After the flare-up on Jolo last week, the rebels demanded their former leader be brought to the southern island of Sulu for trial. (Misuari could not be reached by TIME: his wife Tarhata said his guards...
...Muslim rebels out of the city and angry residents in. Five guerrillas were hacked to death by citizens infuriated by a government decision to give rebels safe passage back to their camp in exchange for the freedom of 110 civilian hostages. Manila charged renegade Governor and MNLF leader Nur Misuari with rebellion and sedition in connection with the violence, which broke a 1996 peace pact between the government and the guerrilla group...
...Stone album sells only 954 copies on first day in U.K. That's pretty good considering most guys his age are wearing adult diapers GERI HALIWELL Ex-Ginger Spice allegedly charges to entertain British troops. Russian soldiers, meanwhile, have been given all the free antifreeze they can drink NUR MISUARI Leader of MNLF orders attack in southern Philippines and his troops get slaughtered. Besides that, it was an excellent plan...
...that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had "opened the door to hell." THE PHILIPPINES Voting With Their Kalishnikovs Muslim guerillas from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLA) broke a 1996 peace pact by attacking an army base on the island of Jolo. Government officials accused former MNLF leader Nur Misuari, governor of the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao in which Jolo is located, of inciting the violence to stop this week's election for his successor. The government deployed thousands of troops and more than 100 rebels were killed. Police in Malaysia later nabbed Misuari, who has been stripped...