Sunday, September 22, 2013

Local Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines Update


European Pressphoto Agency
Students evacuate from a compound near where members of the Moro National Liberation Front occupied villages in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines on Monday. (Wall Street Journal)

Investigators of the local Philippine National Police through constant monitoring of the movements and strength of the MNLF armed group inside Zamboanga City declared that there are over one hundred elements of the Bangsa Moro secessionist movement inside the City.

Since the City of Zamboanga has been a haven for both Christians and Muslims alike, it is not totally impossible that some members of the Islamic community will simply change their attire and join or sign up with the MNLF at the siege area.

This dovetails with the report from the Armed Forces of the Philippines that there has been no significant reduction in the force strength of the MNLF in Zamboanga City owing to the fact that the members of the armed band that were captured are not from the siege area in Zamboanga. These MNLF fighters were fresh arrivals from Cotabato.

However, on the safe side, the military spokesman and the media consistently states that there are merely about fifty MNLF fighters remaining in Zamboanga City.

The reinforcements for the beleaguered MNLF fighters inside the City will continue to pour into the vicinity of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga City. This means that if no settlement will be arrived at in the soonest possible time, the deaths and other casualties will mount to hundreds, then to thousands and could possibly reach the death toll during the protracted Muslim rebellion in the South of over one hundred thousand.

Old memories die hard and with the potential for high profile shaking up of the incumbent regime, the conflict in the Zamboanga Peninsula could possibly drag on for another few weeks. If it succeeds in doing so, the trouble could last another few months; if unresolved, it will become protracted and press on during the next few years. In the process, the neighboring states of Malaysia and Indonesia could be affected, whether because of their close ties and record of collaboration and cooperation with the local Islamic community or just because of their simple proximity to the Philippine archipelago.

Should the scenario actually happen, one of the disadvantaged will be the United States of America because of its long and deep involvement in the peace process between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. 

The worst disadvantaged will be Zamboanga City.

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