Having known little but war, MILF chief travels to Manila in peace

From GMANews (Oct 14): Having known little but war, MILF chief travels to Manila in peace

Murad Ebrahim's adulthood has seen little but war. On Sunday, the leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is due to arrive in Manila in peace. Murad and other senior MILF figures are scheduled to participate in the signing of an accord at the presidential palace on Monday that outlines a road map to end one of Asia's longest and deadliest insurgencies by 2016.... Ebrahim, an aging warrior in his 60s who has spent most of his life fighting government troops in Mindanao, will be making his first official trip as MILF leader to Manila and his first visit to the presidential palace. "We feel honored to be welcomed in Manila, but I must stress this is just the beginning of the peace journey," Ebrahim's deputy for political affairs Ghazali Jaafar, who will be accompanying him, told AFP. Speaking by phone from the MILF's southern headquarters before flying to Manila, Jaafar said Ebrahim "feels relieved" that the road map for peace would be signed after 15 years of negotiations....

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