Friday, May 02, 2008

Muslim rebels occupy Philippine village, sending Christian settlers fleeing

The Associated Press
May 2, 2008

COTABATO, Philippines: More than a thousand mostly Christian settlers fled their southern Philippine farming village after about 300 armed Muslim rebels occupied their land, the guerrillas and a mayor said Friday.

Moro Islamic Liberation Front guerrillas entered the coastal village of Sangay in Kalamansig township on Wednesday, demanding food and confiscating rice recently harvested by the villagers, Kalamansig Mayor Rolando Garcia said.

The rebels told the frightened villagers to leave, sending them fleeing to Kalamansig town some three hours away by boat, Garcia told reporters. Kalamansig is in Sultan Kudarat province. the rest

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