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Southeast Asia |
Terror Organisations "Deterring Foreign Aid" |
2006-06-28 |
Lamitan, 28 June (AKI) - The presence of foreign-based terrorist organisations in the southern Philippines such as al-Qaeda and the southeast Asia-based Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) is stopping significant amounts of overseas aid being sent to the conflict-ridden Muslim minority stronghold of Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago, an expert has warned. "The United States and even the Australian believe there are still terrorists actively operating in Mindanao,” Astrid Tuminez a senior researcher at a US Congress backed think-tank - the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)- told Adnkronos International (AKI). USIP is working to build dialogue between local Islamist rebels and the government on Mindanao. Tuminez was attending the 5th Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Business Congress, which closed in Lamitan, Basilan province, on Tuesday. The event sought to present business opportunities in the region - the poorest in the Philippines - to foreign and national investors. An armed struggle for independence in Mindanao waged by Islamist and Communist rebels has been ongoing for some forty years, causing over 120,000 victims. Sporadic violence has continued despite a 2003 ceasefire and peace talks. |
Posted by:Steve |
#5 So then, we can safely assume the presenc of "forein aid" does not prevent terrorism? |
Posted by: Besoeker 2006-06-28 19:11 |
#4 "Terror Organisations 'Deterring Foreign Aid'" What's the downside? Particularly if it's our 'foreign aid' [i.e., my tax dollars] that's being deterred. |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-28 14:00 |
#3 You Sip and other ignorant, do gooder orgs are too dense to realize that they are dealing with psychpaths that are incapable of empathy. USIP are useful idiots to terrorists. |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-06-28 10:47 |
#2 "the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)- told Adnkronos International (AKI). USIP is working to build dialogue between local Islamist rebels and the government on Mindanao." There's still people who think they can talk to these idiot's. |
Posted by: plainslow 2006-06-28 09:41 |
#1 Surely Canuckistan, Japan and the others could up their ante? They don't need US, but then, he'd be out of a job..... |
Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-06-28 09:33 |