Wikileaks: US says Mindanao has $1 Trillion Dollar untapped mineral resources

Leaked diplomatic documents in Wikileaks showed the United States has a special interest in the natural resources in Mindanao and the ending of the armed conflict in the region, giving credence to a suspicion that the United States is prodding the Aquino administration’s peace efforts with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), including brokering the recent secret meeting...

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WikiLeaks: Libya used Sabah to arm Moro rebels in Southern Philippines

Sabah had played a big role in the rise of the Muslim secessionist movement in Mindanao in the 1970s when it was used as conduit in the smuggling of arms from Libya to southern Philippines, according to declassified cables published by WikiLeaks. According to two cables, former Sabah chief minister Tun Mustapha facilitated the arms smuggling from Libya, then ruled by...

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