The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)

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The decades-long struggle in Mindanao
Asiaweek, [1 March 1999]. In October 1972, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) launches its separatist war in the southern Philippines. Nur Misuari leads the group; Hashim Salamat is responsible for foreign relations. A chronology to February 1999.
Pirates put law to the sword in land of neglect
Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 6 May 2000. A former Philippines correspondent who has travelled extensively in the Sulu islands, reports on the region's bloody history. From these waters Muslim seafaring kings once lorded it over the trading routes of South-East Asia.
Neglect fuels Philippines conflict
By Simon Ingram, BBC News Online, Tuesday 16 May 2000. Jolo town is the undeclared front line in an insurrection that won't go away. These beautiful islands are among the most neglected and deprived corners of the country.
Unrest in Muslim South Has Economic Roots
IPS, 8 June 2000. When the Philippine government unveiled in January a peace and development plan for the country' communist and Muslim rebellions, it could not have foreseen that the unrest in the country's south would soon get worse and the elected Muslim governor of the autonomous region would announce the revival of his group's fight for an independent Muslim Mindanao.
MILF staying clear of offensive vs Abu
Philippine Daily Inquirer 19 September 2000. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front yesterday distanced itself from the Abu Sayyaf by ordering its fighters in Sulu to avoid any encounter with government soldiers who are pursuing the bandit group through the island's forests.
MILF chief renews call for jihad, cancels peace talks
ABS-CBN, Friday 29 September 2000. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) secretly held its 16th general assembly somewhere in Central Mindanao a few days ago and affirmed MILF chair Hashim Salamat's declaration of jihad or holy war against the government and affirmed a decision to suspend peace talks.
MILF assembly affirms ‘jihad’
By Carlito Pablo and Blanche S. Rivera, Philippine Daily Inquirer 29 September 2000. While the military was occupied with its assault on the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front was holding a general assembly somewhere in Central Mindanao and affirming MILF chair Salamat Hashim's earlier declaration of jihad or holy war.