The southern heat kindles another Philippine fire. (Moro National Liberation Front)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: February 27, 1988 | Copyright information

IN THE town centres of the southern Philippines it is common to see armed young men on parade as though they owned the place. Their uniforms are not those of the Philippine army, and the weapons they carry are mostly of Chinese manufacture. But they are not communists: these days the New People's Army would hardly dare to behave so blatantly. They are the other subversive threat to the government: the Moro National Liberation Front.

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