130,000 people displaced

September 7, 2008 by Leftwing Nutjob

Mindanao is the second largest island in the Phillipines chain. From VOA News:

The International Committee of the Red Cross says up to half a million people have been affected by fighting and tens of thousands have fled their homes on Mindanao Island in southern Philippines.

Fighting between the Philippines armed forces and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front broke out on Mindanao on August 10. The International Committee of the Red Cross says the intensity of the armed conflict is fierce and has forced more than 130,000 people to flee their homes.

The Phillipino government is fighting against a Muslim group. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front has been fighting for a separate Islamic State since 1978.

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