END THE WAR IN MINDANAO. RESUME THE PEACE TALKS!!

AJLPP

Mindanao Update

Sept. 15, 2008

Alliance-Philippines (AJLPP) Blames Direct US Intervention For the War in Mindanao

Los Angeles- With more than 500,000 people in Northern and Central Mindanao due to the AFP and MILF fighting, the Alliance Philippines (AJLPP) placed the blame on the United States for intervening in the Mindanao Conflict.

As of the press time, another the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) based in Geneva, Switzerland have confirmed that more than 500,000 war refugees were affected by the current fighting in the two Lanao provinces, Cotabato and Davao provinces, Maguindanao and Saranggani due to the escalation of the conflict

The AJLPP pointed out; “ that if the United States did not advised President Arroyo to negotiate and affirm the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain without transparent consultations with all concerned parties, the situation will not turn from bad to worse.

Now it is the United States who will reap the benefits in escalation of the armed conflict. By supplying arms, logistics and direct military aid, the US armed forces is waging its usual “war against terror”.

At the same time it will benefit from the PGMA a scheme of “federalizing the Philippines” (Balkanization in other terms) and any change in the Philippine constitution that favors direct US intervention in Philippine affairs.”

Call for Peace Talks

The Alliance-Philippines (AJLPP) reiterates its call for the US-Arroyo regime and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to resume peace talks and go back to the negotiations in the light of heavy fighting in the south that displaced almost 500,000 people.

The AJLPP also condemns saber rattling of the militarist AFP Chief of Staff General Alexander Yano who continued to order offensives against the MILF despite the holy month of Ramadan.

According to the AFP report, they attacked five towns in Lanao Del Norte including some portions of Iligan City and Saranggani province near Davao City in pursuit of MILF Commanders Umbra Kato, Anderson and Bravo.

AFP airstrikes and artillery shelling continues without let up damaging both Moro and Christian civilian homes and properties.

The AJLPP believes more people will suffer due to the ongoing war in Mindanao. It feels that the ongoing conflict is more serious than the war in Georgia and Russia where more than 500,000 people were displaced.

For more information please contact AJLPP at (213) 909-1419 or email at magsasakapil@hotmail.com or visit our blogspot at alliancephilippines.blogspot.com