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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

 

Military brushes off MNLF 
leader Malik’s call for ‘jihad’

By Anthony Vargas, Reporter

THE Armed Forces (AFP) on Monday brushed off the call for jihad, or a holy war by a rogue commander of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) who earlier had launched attacks on government and military positions in Sulu.

Military officials said on-going operations in Sulu is not directed against the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) as an organization, but against MNLF Commander, Ustadz Habier Malik.

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LICAB, Nueva Ecija: Two armed men killed a candidate for the town council on Sunday morning as he stepped out of the church where he stood as a sponsor in a wedding.

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AN army platoon and militiamen were deployed in the hinterlands of Ifugao province on Monday to join in the search operations for a missing member of the US Peace Corps Volunteer.

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BALAGTAS, Batangas City: Parents and teachers of Balagtas Elementary School are up in arms over the alleged failure of the Department of Education to put up a relocation site for the school...

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DAVAO CITY: The communist New People’s Army (NPA) under the 1st Pulang Bagani Command led by Leonardo Pitao alias Kumander Parago has vehemently denied having a hand in the massacre of a family...

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