by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Apr 11, 2005 | Peace Process, Press Releases
Mindanao could become the “next Afghanistan.” Mindanao is becoming “the new ‘Mecca’ for terrorism.” US Embassy Charge d’ Affaires Joseph Mussomeli, the number-two embassy official in Manila, gave this warning in an interview...
by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Mar 30, 2005 | Peace Process, Press Releases
There is a state of war in Sulu right now. Fear and insecurity prevail despite efforts to bring back the situation to normalcy. A collective insecurity persists despite renewed promises of rehabilitation of houses and construction of roads and bridges. There is a...
by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Feb 16, 2005 | Peace Process, Press Releases
Once again, the Mindanao Peoples Caucus (MPC) calls on all peace-loving peoples in Mindanao to unite in our cry for the immediate cessation of hostilities in Sulu. This we demand as we also condemn the atrocities committed against civilians in the spate of bombings...
by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Feb 14, 2005 | Peace Process, Press Releases
The Buliok war in February 2003 has long been over. Or is it? Last February 5, 2005, or nearly two years after the Buliok war ended, a farmer was seriously wounded by an unexploded 60mm. mortar shell which he accidentally hit in his farm-lot in Sitio, Talab, Kudal in...
by Initiatives for International Dialogue | Feb 11, 2005 | Peace Process, Press Releases
Our hearts bleed on behalf of thousands of innocent, hapless civilians in Sulu who are displaced and whose lives are now at risk because of the full-blown war between the AFP and the MNLF ongoing in Sulu. We in the Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) express...
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