No surprise here. Philippine Jihad Update: "MILF raiders linked to JI," by Paolo Romero for The Philippine Star, August 25 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm):
Rogue commanders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have strong ties with extremists, including the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), and would continue to sow terror even when a final peace agreement is forged with the separatist group, security and intelligence officials said Sunday.Malacañang, on the other hand, has accused the MILF leadership of authorizing the atrocities, putting into question their sincerity in pursuing peace talks with the government....
Stop the Presses!
So, if I have this right, Filipino authorities agree that terrorism will continue even after any peace agreements with the MILF, but disagree as to why. Some authorities say that it will be due to deviant elements of the MILF that its leadership cannot control -- i.e. some are rogues. Other authorities say that the MILF leadership itself will be responsible -- i.e. that they're all rogues. What we seem to have is a ROP -- Islam -- that has been hi-jacked by a tiny minority of terrorists -- the MILF; and the terrorists in turn have been hi-jacked by an even tinier minority of rogues. But just how tiny are all these minorities?
As the poem goes:
Big fleas have little fleas
Upon their backs to bite 'em
And little fleas have littler fleas
And so ad infinitum.
And what about Al Queida and Hamas in Gaza? Take a look at http://tinyurl.com/65scz9 for an over view of this...
"Rogue commanders"...?
If they are rogue, why aren't they disciplined or excommunicated from the movement?
Meanwhile, the game continues...
The MNLF signed a peace-deal with the Philippines in the 70s, and the breakaway MILF was born to carry on the armed struggle. Now, we're told, if the MILF signs a deal, a new breakaway faction will continue the armed struggle.
Hmmmm. Might there be a pattern here?
It does look like a pattern, doesn't it, Cornelius?
It's precisely the same modus operandi the Muslims have been using against Israel in the middle eastern theatre of the Third Jihad.