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Philippine Islamic Peace Process at Risk

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May 06, 2016
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Philippine Army Captain Jimmy Amolay looked across the river at the charred wreckage of a backhoe sitting in shallow, muddy water. Islamist militants had blown up the tractor even though it was being used to dredge the river to build a road and prevent flooding, which could only benefit the local community.

Confoundingly, the villagers were protecting th…

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