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MNLF, MILF, etc..

The Mindanao conflict largely started after the infamous Jabidah Massacre wherein, Muslim members of the Philippine military was said to have been killed by their superiors after a secret mission that were training for was canceled.

Together with the cancellation of their mission, the troopers were also physically canceled. The public expose of the massacre was supposed to have given birth to an organization called the MNLF that organized and rallied Filipino Muslims to fighting for a new state...

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