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...reconsolidation of the group, Khadaffy and a core band of supporters have left the traditional Abu Sayyaf stomping grounds in the Sulu archipelago and Basilan and moved onto the main southern island of Mindanao, the vast home turf of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (M.I.L.F.), the much larger separatist group engaged in on-again, off-again peace talks with the Philippine government. (See story.) Arroyo is anxious to get a peace deal with the M.I.L.F. to bring stability and development to Mindanao. M.I.L.F. chairman Al-Haj Murad Ebrahim says a deal is needed quickly before younger Muslims in the region...
...government must deal with, and he says he's "hopeful but not too optimistic." He wants the government to adopt "a new formula" that will break the cycle of failed negotiations and mutual distrust between the two sides. A similar peace accord with the oldest Islamic separatist group in the Philippines, the Moro National Liberation Front (M.N.L.F.), was signed in 1996, and that group was given administration of much of Mindanao and a healthy budget. But the M.I.L.F.'s refusal to go along kept peace from the region. Murad claims to have 70,000 armed fighters across the island (although...
...million. Basescu, Transport Minister at the time of the sale, said the charges were politically motivated. He is co-leader of the opposition Truth and Justice Alliance, which is nudging ahead of the government in opinion polls in the run-up to November's legislative and presidential elections. Separatist Strains GEORGIA Firefights between government forces and separatists in the breakaway province of South Ossetia claimed at least three lives and wounded more than 60 before representatives from Russia, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Russian region of North Ossetia brokered a cease-fire. The Georgian parliament...
...Ksor, a 60-year-old exile from the Jarai tribe who lives in South Carolina and runs the Montagnard Foundation, which tries to publicize the plight of the Montagnards. His goal, according to Hanoi, is an independent state. It says Ksor and confederates are also reconstituting F.U.L.R.O., a separatist guerrilla force disbanded in 1992. Ksor allegedly persuaded poor farmers to take part. Says Vu Quang Khuyen, police chief of Ayun Pa district in Gia Lai: "They are uneducated, lazy and easily deceived...
...evidence, the government cites confessions, separatist banners allegedly carried in the marches, and the fact that Ksor announced prior to Easter that the protests would take place. Several Montagnards, including Ksor's uncle and mother, have denounced him in the state-controlled media. Dak Lak officials screened for TIME four minutes of edited video footage in which some protesters indeed advance on riot police and militiamen, but it's impossible to tell from the fragment who started the clashes, and the rest of the tape wasn't made available. Gia Lai Governor Pham The Dung even goes...