From the Manila Standard Today (Oct 30): We’ll not allow another war — AFP
Zamboanga City, Zamboanga Sibugay—The armed forces will not allow war to break out again in this city, according to Col. Andrelin Colina, commander ofd Task Force Zamboanga.
He said security measures were being reinforced in the shoreline comunities, which were occupied by the rebel Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) last September.
“We have finished clearing operations, including looking for rebel stragglers in mangroves and swamps, for unexploded ammunitions. Our troops have been pulled out,” Colina sasid.
About 500 rebels, soldiers and civilians were killed in the fighting when the MNLF occupied five barangays last September 9. The MNLF withdrew on September 29.
Hundreds of thousands of people fled their homes and sought refuge in several evacuation centers in the city. Many of them were squatters, and the city has started moving them to resettlement sites.
Colina said soldiers will be stationed in the hardest hit barangays, which included Mariki, Rio Hondo, Sta. Barbara, Sta. Catalina, to prevent a possible return of the rebels to the area.
Zamboanga City Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar said about 100 residents of Sta. Catalina subdivision were allowed to return last week, but residents in other districts were carefully screened by barangay officials.
“In some places people were not allowed to return to their homes pending restoration of power and water services to their barangay,” she said.
She said many residents left their homes to comply to a force evacuation order and a big number of them did not need keys when they came back because their doors were forced open by looters.
http://manilastandardtoday.com/2013/10/30/well-not-allow-another-war-afp/
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