> Message: 3
> From: "Grant Lee" <grantlee at iinet.net.au>
> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] meanhwile, in the Philippines
> Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 10:16:12 +0800
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>
> According to Philippine Star editor Max Soliven, inteviewed on TV here this
> a.m., the "coup" is, in large part, a protest against the way the war
> against Islamist separatists (the MILF) is being conducted, especially
> evidence of official corruption such as (e.g.) the recent escape of Jemaah
> Islamiyah member Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi from custody in Manila,.and the
> steady stream of state-of-the-art weaponry ending up in rebel hands.
>
How nasty are the MILF anyway? My ex did some land titling down in the south four years ago and she had no problems, the folks were very helpful and hospitable. Was that an odd observation? Have things changed much?
Thiago