Word: moro
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Philippines. Their mission: to help take out the dreaded kidnap-extortionists known as Abu Sayyaf. What is not written in the "terms of reference" signed last week between Washington and Manila: let's turn a blind eye to the country's real terrorist threat to the north, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF...
...Speculation here is that if things go well against Abu Sayyaf in Basilan, the next target may be other members of the group in Jolo, or Moro Liberation Front guerrillas in Mindanao or even the communist New People's Army insurgents in Luzon...
...After Sept. 11, police say, all those plans were put into high gear. Two foreigners?one an Arab al-Qaeda member and the other an alleged bomb expert from the Philippine Moro Islamic Liberation Front?arrived in Singapore in September or October to direct the preparations. The two men, known as Sammy and Mike, told their local contacts they needed 21 tons of ammonium nitrate and warehouse space for the construction of several truck bombs. One of the arrested Singaporeans allegedly attempted to buy 17 tons of ammonium nitrate. (The group supposedly already had four tons stored away across...
...fighters of a radical Islamist group known as Abu Sayyaf are stepping onto sometimes treacherous turf. That much was made clear Wednesday in neighboring Jolo province, where three Marines of the Philippine army were killed in a firefight - by Philippine police. (The guilty policemen were former guerrillas of the Moro National Liberation Front, a Muslim secessionist group that had been granted autonomous control of four provinces under a 1996 peace agreement.) The incident followed a clash Tuesday in which 18 people were killed during a rally in support of former governor Nur Misauri, recently jailed for launching an ill-fated...
...Sayyaf itself is a tiny radical offshoot of a larger secessionist guerrilla movement. The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) launched its insurgency in the 1970s, pressing for independence for the Muslim population of the southern regions of Mindanao and Palwan, who make up some 5 percent of the population of the predominantly Catholic Philippines. It is not the separatist insurgency that has put the Philippines on the U.S. anti-terrorism radar, but rather the links between Abu Sayyaf and Osama bin Laden's organization...