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The Philippine government encouraged Filipino Christian settlers on Mindanao to form militia groups in order to fight the native Muslim Moro inhabitants of the islands. These pro government militias were responsible for some of the worst atrocities in the conflict and operate largely autonomously, out of government oversight, since they, in effect, replace the government as the effective administration and local governing power. These militias still exist to this day, and every year, hundreds of violent and armed clashes occur between various militia groups and private armies, fueling a constant cycle of violence. The Philippine government has apparently done nothing to disarm or reign them in. The Llaga were the worst militia group.
Ilaga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ilaga Philippines - The Filipino Christian Militia - YouTube
http://www.hdcentre.org/uploads/tx_news/17MilitiainMindanaoreportfromIBSandHDCentreJuly2011.pdf
Massacre in Mindanao: The Irresistible Urge to Blame Religion | Politics | Religion Dispatches
Filipino Christian vigilantes get set for battle - CSMonitor.com
New Ilaga revives fears of Mindanao in 70s - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
AFP, PNP either clueless on Bagani armed group, or turning blind eye, solons say | MindaNews
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/20/opinion/20iht-edguzman.2253194.html
These Filipino Christian settler-militias like the Bagani forces threaten both Moro Muslim and Animist Lumad civilians, who are natives of Mindanao.
Philippines: SAMMICCO Complains Vs BAGANI-Task Force Gantangan Concerning Land Actions - Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources
PRWC: Rights groups condemn military abuses in Mindanao, Ang Bayan, 7 August 2013 - philippinerevolution.net
Any peace agreement is destined to fail again, like it has in the past, when there are literally hundreds of different non state actors with conflicting interests. The accords signed in the 1970s and 1996 failed and this one will too, unless all the Christian militias are disarmed.
America claims that it assists the Philippines because of Al Qaeda's (Abu Sayyaf's) involvement in the insurgency, but it does nothing against the Christian Al-qaeda groups like Llagas and the hundreds of other militias who engage in murder every single week.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom_–_Philippines
Ilaga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ilaga Philippines - The Filipino Christian Militia - YouTube
http://www.hdcentre.org/uploads/tx_news/17MilitiainMindanaoreportfromIBSandHDCentreJuly2011.pdf
Massacre in Mindanao: The Irresistible Urge to Blame Religion | Politics | Religion Dispatches
Filipino Christian vigilantes get set for battle - CSMonitor.com
New Ilaga revives fears of Mindanao in 70s - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
AFP, PNP either clueless on Bagani armed group, or turning blind eye, solons say | MindaNews
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/20/opinion/20iht-edguzman.2253194.html
These Filipino Christian settler-militias like the Bagani forces threaten both Moro Muslim and Animist Lumad civilians, who are natives of Mindanao.
Philippines: SAMMICCO Complains Vs BAGANI-Task Force Gantangan Concerning Land Actions - Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources
PRWC: Rights groups condemn military abuses in Mindanao, Ang Bayan, 7 August 2013 - philippinerevolution.net
Any peace agreement is destined to fail again, like it has in the past, when there are literally hundreds of different non state actors with conflicting interests. The accords signed in the 1970s and 1996 failed and this one will too, unless all the Christian militias are disarmed.
America claims that it assists the Philippines because of Al Qaeda's (Abu Sayyaf's) involvement in the insurgency, but it does nothing against the Christian Al-qaeda groups like Llagas and the hundreds of other militias who engage in murder every single week.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom_–_Philippines