Heavy deployment of combined US and Philippine forces in Mindanao has severely affected the lives of people living there, especially the indigenous peoples and their children. There are several reports of schools being turned into barracks, hamletting of entire communities, and hundreds of indigenous people driven away from their ancestral homes due to militarization,” Ridon said. The youth solon pointed out that the “heavy military presence” in Mindanao does not contribute to fostering peace in the region, but is rather motivated by big business, especially foreign and domestic mining firms that have a large interest in the mineral deposits in several regions in Mindanao. - See more at: bicoltoday/2014/11/27/6000-us-troops-discovered-in-mindanao-more-us-troops-deployed-than-in-iraq/#sthash.roNEfThy.A8W8UBfJ.dpuf
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 07:53:17 +0000
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