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| MILF to resume talks with government |
| 2002-12-27 |
| BINA Chief negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Al Haj Murad Ebrahim told the Bangsamoro Islamic News Agency (BINA) in an exclusive today that the MILF negotiating panel is ready to resume the peace negotiation with its counterpart in the government. Soddy Arabia owns a piece of the Philippines government, too? Murad said it is high time that the peace talks, after it has been stalled for several months, should resume soon to tackle the unfinished agenda, the Ancestral Domain Aspect of the 2001 Tripoli Agreement. The other two aspects, Security and Rehabilitation and Development, were already hurdled by the MILF and government negotiators. Y'know, the Philippines should talk to the U.S. about this "ancestral domain" thing. We've got experience in that area. Why, something like the American Indian reservations seems like just what MILF needs... Early last month, Secretary Norberto Gonzales left for Kuala Lumpur to talk to Al Haj Murad for the early resumption of the peace talks. Murad told Gonzales that the MILF is willing to resume the talks immediately after the end of the fasting month of Ramadhan provided that Malaysia, which has been hosting the peace talks since last year, will be amenable to the proposal. "Now that we've got our Christmas bombing out of the way, we're feeling kind of lazy, so we can chat for awhile.". |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 You know, the Moros were a real pain in the ass to us in the early 1900's. Maybe the Phillipines should just let them go? Another Bangladesh or two is no biggie. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2002-12-27 10:13:48 |