{"id":111736,"date":"2017-08-14T03:40:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T07:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=111736"},"modified":"2017-08-14T03:40:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T07:40:30","slug":"25-killed-in-milf-biff-clashes-in-maguindanao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/14\/25-killed-in-milf-biff-clashes-in-maguindanao\/","title":{"rendered":"25 killed in MILF-BIFF clashes in Maguindanao"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111741\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/maguindanao-google-map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111741\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/maguindanao-google-map.jpg\" alt=\"The Army based the number of casualties on the report by GPH-MILF ceasefire monitoring units in Maguindanao. (PNA photo)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/maguindanao-google-map.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/maguindanao-google-map-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Army based the number of casualties on the report by GPH-MILF ceasefire monitoring units in Maguindanao. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao, Aug. 14 \u2013- The Army\u2019s 6th Infantry Division based here reported Monday clashes between Moro armed men wo have \u00a0pledged allegiance to ISIS and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) already claimed the lives of 25 people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Army Colonel Gerry Besana, commander of the 6th Infantry Division Civil Military Operations, said 20 of the fatalities belong to joint forces of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and Jamaatul Mujajideen Wal Ansar under Commander Esmail Abdulmalik alias Abu Torayme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Five MILF fighters under the 108th base command were also killed. Ten MILF were injured, three of whom are in critical condition getting medical treatment at an Army hospital here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">He said fighting erupted August 7 in Barangay Tee and Andavit, both of Datu Salibo, Maguindanao when the BIFF tried to enter an MILF identified area in the village of Tee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">The Army based the number of casualties on the report by GPH-MILF ceasefire monitoring units in Maguindanao.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">The Army has been providing artillery support to the MILF against the ISIS inspired group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">As this developed, civilians have fled to safer grounds and are being attended to by local disaster offices in the affected towns of Datu Salibo, Datu Saudi Ampatuan, and Datu Piang.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Two other factions of the BIFF, the Karialan and Abdulhaman Bungos have issued separate appeals to both the BIFF and the MILF to cease fighting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Abu Misri Mama, speaking for the BIFF Bungos faction, said the fighting has affecting civilians who have been displaced by what he described as \u201cnonsense armed struggle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">\u201cIt is not correct when Muslim mujahiddens (freedom fighters) fight each other,\u201d he said. An MILF official who asked not to be named said a \u201crido\u201d (clan war) is now in effect between the BIFF and MILF.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao, Aug. 14 \u2013- The Army\u2019s 6th Infantry Division based here reported Monday clashes between Moro armed men &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":111741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[21133,5773,21132],"class_list":["post-111736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-25-killed","tag-maguindanao","tag-milf-biff-clashes","mauthors-edwin-fernandez","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}