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...Family Values The lush jungle-covered hills and sapphire-blue seas of the southern Philippines look serene, but the region is a battleground where the MILF and its parent group, the Moro National Liberation Front, have long waged bloody struggles for independence. In the mid-1990s the MNLF brokered a deal with the government to share power in areas of Sulu, 900 km south of Manila. The MILF has been in sporadic peace talks over its claim for territory in the south, but a clash with government troops last year left 14 marines dead, 10 of them beheaded. Ranging across...
...Istie told police that one visitor who dropped by her home was MILF commander Mokasid Delna. That relationship is important, says Kit Collier, an Australian political scientist who recently compiled a report on combating terrorism in Southeast Asia for the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think tank. "Delna was in the same Afghan training camps in 1991 as Umar Patek, making him a key ally," Collier says. Zamboanga police chief Col. Lurimer Detran has told the media that Salahudin Hassan, who carried out the bombing at Edwin Andrews Air Base, is a relative of Delna...
...Ermita himself has noted, Manila is in a delicate position when it comes to JI. The government is still attempting to negotiate a cease-fire with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), whose 12,000 guerrillas are fighting to gain autonomy for sections of Mindanao. In earlier peace talks, the MILF foreswore any contact with JI, and its leaders say they will help Manila hunt down the group's members if they seek sanctuary within MILF territory...
...According to the Dec. 8 intelligence report, however, many MILF guerrillas are actually training inside the JI camps, one of which is said to be guarded by 150 MILF regulars. That information jibes with details provided by Taufik Rifki, also spelled Taufek Refke, an alleged JI trainer at a camp the Dec. 8 report confirms is located on Mount Cararao in Mindanao's southwest. Rifki, a 29-year-old Indonesian who was captured on Oct. 2, gave Philippine police a detailed description of the JI camp where he was stationed. He said the camp was guarded by MILF fighters from...
...With its detailed description of a long-established and meticulously organized training camp deep in MILF territory, Rifki's interrogation throws serious doubt on that assertion. Among the documents seized by Philippine police when they captured Rifki were printed grading sheets that listed the names of cadets and the scores they achieved at various stages of their training. Rifki also gave police a breakdown of the courses most recruits underwent?ranging from a basic four-month stint to two years for potential instructors. All cadets received training in infantry tactics, weaponry (everything from pistols to automatic rifles, light machine guns...