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Southeast Asia
Philippines drops murder charges against 185 MILF members
2004-08-27
The government has dropped criminal charges against 185 Muslim separatist guerrillas blamed for the bombing of the Davao City International Airport and the Sasa wharf that killed 38 people in March and April last year, the military said yesterday.
It's a race to see who can appease Islamofascist killers quickest, and the Phillipines is in the lead.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed last week multiple murder and frustrated murder charges against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels led by its former chief Salamat Hashim, who died last year, in a bid to speed up peace talks, the military said.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#6  Hear ya, CF. Arroyo is not up to the task at hand. They've got to find someone with some backbone and turn this thing around.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2004-08-27 12:38:51 PM  

#5  maybe we need to make sure they understand there'll be no Hawaiian Exile™ (a la Marcos) if they get run out of PI?
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-27 12:24:54 PM  

#4  It looks to me like Arroyo is doing all the 'compromising' and the MILF is doing all the 'demanding'.
All the MILF has to do is to launch another 'splinter group' (along with Abu Sayyaf) to train the JI and keep their hands 'clean' and the Philippine Government will have lost.

Rex, I hope not, I have relatives there (in-laws). But I am not holding out much hope. Arroyo obviously follows the 'Peace at any cost' - she and the main families wont have to pay the price you can bet your ass on that.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-08-27 12:17:55 PM  

#3  The PI is headed for a bloodbath.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2004-08-27 12:09:57 PM  

#2  I'm upset about this as well, but from a purely self-serving point of view they are making themselves targets. Easy juicy targets which are more likely to be grabbed, stabbed, or blown up then the Yanks who take out entire countries when they get mad.

Thanks Philippines for taking the bullet for all of us, even if that wasn't your intent. You might as well redraw the political boundaries and give the southern islands away now, you might have a chance fighting a rearguard action on the big island.
Posted by: RJ Schwarz   2004-08-27 9:12:38 AM  

#1  Cut ansd run you little turn coat pricks. I'll be on the phone today to my Rep. Bull Thomas about cutting your aid.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-08-27 3:34:55 AM  

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