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MANILA, Philippines—The conflict in Mindanao has landed the Philippines on a list of countries with “deteriorated situations” of conflict maintained by the International Crisis Group (ICG), an international think-tank.

In its latest bulletin called “CrisisWatch,” the Brussels-based group also issued a “conflict risk alert” for the Philippines when new clashes broke out last month between government forces and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

“Violence between the government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which has already displaced an estimated 160,000, may escalate following the abandonment of July’s agreement on the crucial ancestral domain issue,” the group said in its monthly bulletin issued September 1.

The group said the scrapping by the Manila government of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain was made amid “escalating clashes between government, paramilitary forces and the MILF.”

It noted the temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court last month, the occupation of 13 towns in Mindanao by the MILF which displaced 160,000, separate fighting in Lanao del Norte that killed 24 civilians in the government push against the MILF that followed, statements made by the government that they were no longer interested in a deal and their call for the MILF to disarm and the extension of the Malaysian monitoring team’s mission by three months.

The ICG also upgraded the Philippines from its list of countries with “unchanged” situations to “deteriorated” situations. Also included on the list are Georgia, Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, Kashmir and Bolivia.

The bulletin is compiled by the ICG’s 135 staff members across the globe.

The ICG is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization with a staff working on “field-based analysis and high-level advocacy” to prevent and resolve deadly conflicts.

Among the members of its board are Kofi Annan, former United Nations secretary general; Richard Armitage, former US deputy secretary of state and former US Ambassador to the Philippines; Zbigniew Brzezinski, former US national security adviser; Anwar Ibrahim, former deputy prime minister of Malaysia; former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo and former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos.

It was during Ramos’ term that the government negotiated a peace accord with another Muslim group, the Moro National Liberation Front.(Inquirer.net)

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The Philippines has been in conflict with itself since independence. Think about it.

Huk Wars, NPA Wars, MNLF Wars, MILF Wars.



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These wars initiated after independence, Buwad.



Huk War started in the 1950's and was crushed by combined Philippine and American military forces.
The MNLF wars started during the late 1960s and ended in the 70s with clashes in the 80s. The MILF wars was later in the 20th century and was brokered through peace; though clashes occur. Other radicalists such as Abu Sayaff are splinters of MILF insurgents.

'Philippines' was not a state nor a unified state that we know of today prior to Hispanization.

You should know that. You're a Filipino.

Prior to Hispanization, the Archipelago was composed of independent tribes, small settlements, little kingdoms. There was no unified government throughout the Archipelago.

The concept of the 'Philippines' and the 'Filipino' did not manifest until Spain conquered the entire Archipelago and grouped the native people as 'Indio Filipino'. Thereby uniting a once regionalistic group of islands.

Cheers,


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