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Monday, September 01, 2008 (Philippines)
| Lieutenant JG Gilbert Gonzaga of the Philippine Navy plots the coordinates submitted by PO2 Efren Pariña, boat captain of DF 340, as the search and retrieval operations continue for the C-130 PAF plane that crashed Monday evening. (Sun.Star Davao/Toto Lozano) |
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THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) dismissed warnings of some sectors of a possible jihad that would result from the continuation of the military operation even during Ramadan, considered as Islam's holy month.
AFP spokesman Colonel Jun Torres said their military operations are not geared towards Islam but centered only against lawless Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) combatants who were responsible for the death of several innocent civilians.
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MILF warned vs helping 3 renegades
ARMED Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff General Alexander Yano warned other Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) base commanders never to aid renegade Moro commanders Ameril Umbra Kato, Adbullah Macapaar alias Kumander Bravo and Solaiman Pangalian or suffer the same fate.
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AFP: Bomb found behind school could have been for Kadayawan
THE improvised explosive device attached to an 81mm mortar found in a vacant lot near the Vicnte Hizon Sr. Elementary School may have been intended to wreak havoc during the Kadayawan Festival, Major Armand Rico said.
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Duterte: Gov't erred in making territorial deal
DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte slammed members of the government peace panel for agreeing by themselves on the terms of the memorandum of agreement for ancestral domain (MOA-AD) with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
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