Word: moro
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...seized part of the Gaza Strip to create a "security zone." Killer Blast THE PHILIPPINES A bomb that exploded at Davao City airport in the southern island of Mindanao killed 21 people, including an American missionary. Authorities said that one of the dead was a member of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), who they believed was carrying the bomb, which exploded prematurely. The MILF, the country's biggest Muslim rebel group, denied responsibility for the attack. Face-Off in the Sky NORTH KOREA The U.S. began to dispatch long-range bombers to the Pacific island of Guam following...
...Philippines After two weeks of fierce fighting and bombings in Mindanao that left 200 dead, negotiations between the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the administration of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo are in bad shape. Recent evidence linking the rebels to al-Qaeda has helped fuel a troubling escalation. The U.S., which last year assisted the Philippine army's efforts to eliminate Abu Sayyaf guerrillas on the southern island of Basilan, will soon send 1,700 troops back to the region, including 350 members of the special forces, to help finish the job. But this go-round they...
...kidnapping. It has also provided a haven for insurgent groups seeking to establish Islamic or communist states. Hardly a week goes by without a firefight, a bomb attack or a snatching. Just last Tuesday, the Philippine military unleashed yet another full-scale offensive near the town of Pikit against Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) militants, resulting in the deaths of at least 160 guerrillas and eight soldiers, and prompting the exodus of some 40,000 civilians...
...despite additional pressure from the U.S., which has about 300 troops stationed in the Philippines to train the country's military in counterterrorism techniques?President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo refuses to have the MILF designated a terrorist group or to order an all-out assault. Previous negotiations with the Moro National Liberation Front, the MILF's one-time parent organization, have little benefited the region, which remains deeply impoverished. As a result, growing numbers of MILF members are drifting away from their central leadership and becoming further radicalized. "Younger members are growing impatient over the slow progress," says presidential adviser Norberto...
...fragile economy, which is burdened by a hefty budget deficit, falling manufacturing output and rising unemployment. She also said she would consider a proposal by a top ally, House Speaker José de Valencia, to form a "unity government" that would include representatives from all opposition parties, the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Communist Party...