The Independent Decommissioning Body (IDB) is eyeing Camp Abubakar As-Sique, erstwhile main camp of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) as storage facility for the Moro front’s weapons. The IDB is tasked to oversee the process of decommissioning the MILF forces and weapons under the normalization process agreed between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the MILF.
Under the normalization process, MILF firearms shall be handed to IDP gradually which will in turn store them in a well-protected and secured facility.
Last January 20, the IDB headed by Turkish Ambassador Haydar Berk, conducted a site inspection inside the camp, now known as Camp Iranun. Ambassaddor Berk was briefed by Col. Arnel dela Vega, 603IB commander.
Berk was accompanied by his vice chairman, Gen. Jan Erik Wilhelmsen of Norway, other Norwegians, Brunei delegates and GPH and MILF local experts.
Dela Vega said Camp Iranun is conducive for both the MILF and GPH, with various kinds of activities that can be performed there, now also accessible, and with the various peace-driven initiatives conducted by the military in the surroundings for a decade now.
“It’s the best option since the place has historical relevance for the MILF. Until now it is a sentimental place. The home of their former leader and founder, Salamat Hashim, is still preserved in the thickly forested site inside the camp,” Dela Vega stressed.
The Joint Security Peace Team (JSPT) composed of 1,400 men coming from the police and the Army, and Moro Islamic Liberation Front combatants will secure the facility. The GPH and the MILF will be represented evenly in the composite team with 700 men each.
The Camp Iranun compound is also eyed as training ground for the composite team who will complete the Joint Security Peace Team.
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Last January 20, the IDB headed by Turkish Ambassador Haydar Berk, conducted a site inspection inside the camp, now known as Camp Iranun. Ambassaddor Berk was briefed by Col. Arnel dela Vega, 603IB commander.
Berk was accompanied by his vice chairman, Gen. Jan Erik Wilhelmsen of Norway, other Norwegians, Brunei delegates and GPH and MILF local experts.
Dela Vega said Camp Iranun is conducive for both the MILF and GPH, with various kinds of activities that can be performed there, now also accessible, and with the various peace-driven initiatives conducted by the military in the surroundings for a decade now.
“It’s the best option since the place has historical relevance for the MILF. Until now it is a sentimental place. The home of their former leader and founder, Salamat Hashim, is still preserved in the thickly forested site inside the camp,” Dela Vega stressed.
The Joint Security Peace Team (JSPT) composed of 1,400 men coming from the police and the Army, and Moro Islamic Liberation Front combatants will secure the facility. The GPH and the MILF will be represented evenly in the composite team with 700 men each.
The Camp Iranun compound is also eyed as training ground for the composite team who will complete the Joint Security Peace Team.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/1463-idb-eyes-camp-abubakar-as-storage-facility-for-milf-weapons
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