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Sunday, August 24, 2008 (Philippines)
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| Al Haj Murad, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) speaks during the press conference Saturday in Camp Darapanan, Maguindanao province in southern Philippines. (AP photo) |
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CAMP DARAPANAN -- Moro rebels urged the government Saturday to halt a military offensive that they say threatens the collapse of a years-long peace process and an escalation of violence in the archipelago's troubled south.
The military has launched ground and air attacks on rebel positions in response to a guerrilla rampage Monday that left 37 people shot or hacked to death in several villages.
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