AJLPP Update

November 26, 2009

Absurd,’ says MILF on Ampatuan claim that MILF behind the Maguindanao massacre

Los Angeles- The Alliance-Philippines or the AJLPP learned today from news sources that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front branded as “absurd” claims by the prime suspect in the massacre in Maguindanao province that the Muslim rebel group was behind the killings.

"This is absurd, even a small kid would not believe it," said MILF vice chairman for political affairs Ghadzali Jaafar.

He was reacting to Datu Unsay mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr.'s allegation that MILF commander Ameril Ombra Kato was behind the deaths of at least 57 people last November 23.

Buluan mayor Esmael Mangudadatu, political rival of the Ampatuans and whose wife, two sisters, and two, lawyers, among others, were killed, dismissed Ampatuan's claim, saying witnesses had pointed to the local official as the mastermind.

More than 57 people were killed in the Ampatuan's Maguindanao massacre

including 27 journalist, 21 women and innocent bystanders who were passing the crime scene.

The AJLPP blamed the US-Arroyo regime for the senseless massacre and for coddling the warlords Ampatuan and their private armies in Mindanao.

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