Is there such thing as peace in Mindanao?

Question

16 civilians killed in Kauswagan

Agence France-Presse

ILIGAN - At least 16 civilians were found dead Monday, many with their bodies hacked by machetes, after Muslim separatist rebels launched a wave of attacks in the southern Philippines, AFP reporters said.

Nine bodies were lying bloodied by a roadside in the village of Lapayan in Kauswagan town as black smoke billowed from houses burning in the background, they said.

Five other civilians were killed in another village by the marauding Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels, residents fleeing the area told AFP.

Many other civilians were wounded as they tried to catch the last vehicles leaving the area.

Another rebel unit struck the town of Maasim, leaving two civilians dead as they ransacked a pawnshop and looted a drug store for medicines.

"They killed two people," said military spokesman Major Randolph Cabangbang.

Answer 1

it boils down to ego - who is willing to come down and negotiate.  who wants to hv upper hand?  the rebels 'cos of their conviction and blindness to justice and reality wont give up - if they do they wouldnt know what to do!!

so peace will not come so soooon!

we have to pray and wait