With
the series of attacks against soft military and civilian targets in North Cotabato and Maguindanao, the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) on Thursday announced that this only demonstrates the
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF's) scheme to derail the ongoing peace
talks with the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
"We
suspect that BIFF forces that recently (perpetuated) a bomb explosion in a
restaurant in North Cotabato (is out) to
derail our current peace negotiations with the MILF," AFP public affairs
office chief Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala said.
One
person was killed while four other were injured in that attack.
Due
to this development, Zagala added that government forces will always be on
alert to prevent a repeat of similar incidents.
"Of
course we also have to face the reality that they are determined to do such
actions so vigilance should not only be with government forces but also the
people to help us in order to prevent any more violent incidents such as
this," he stated.
Zagala
also pointed out that ongoing peacekeeping operations by the government forces
against the BIFF will not affect the ongoing Ramadan commemorations.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=543224
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