Quotes of the Day

Separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters conduct field manoeuvers as they wait for the resumption of peace talks with the Philippine government at Camp Darapanan, in Sultan Kudarat on Mindanao island February 20, 2008
Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008

Open quoteWe are prepared to trade fire with them until we are decimated.Close quote

  • ABDURAHMAN MACAPAAR,
  • a commander of Philippines' separatist group the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, vowing to continue a decades-old struggle with the government for control of the nation's main southern island
Photo: Luis Liwanag / AFP / Getty | Source: AFP