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[Title] => In Mindanao - the Ilaga is back?
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The latest news on the Cotabato situation is that the Ilaga has resurfaced. In the 1970s this was an organization of armed militias almost similar to the CAFGU in later years. But while the latter was formed and trained by the military as a counter move against communist guerrillas, the Ilaga was a civilian initiative, whose sworn enemies were the Muslim marauders who attacked Christian villages. The rumor, however, was that the group had the tacit blessing of the AFP whose troopers were only to happy to have an ally in their campaign against Muslim rebels.
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[Title] => In Mindanao - the Ilaga is back?
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The latest news on the Cotabato situation is that the Ilaga has resurfaced. In the 1970s this was an organization of armed militias almost similar to the CAFGU in later years. But while the latter was formed and trained by the military as a counter move against communist guerrillas, the Ilaga was a civilian initiative, whose sworn enemies were the Muslim marauders who attacked Christian villages. The rumor, however, was that the group had the tacit blessing of the AFP whose troopers were only to happy to have an ally in their campaign against Muslim rebels.
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