Mindanao terrorized by the U.S. and allies?
Posted by: Fats in: Wika at Hirap > Takaw at Sursur! > Edward fans clubA wonderful time at Durian Garden in Polomolok, South Cotabato the other day. Even Edward had a really great time. 
Below is a photo taken by Alma of Edward with all his fans.
I took photos of many plant varieties growing there and will post on Korakora gallery when I get back to Quezon City. 
In the meantime, the US, Australia (and recently Canada) have issued warnings of terrorist attacks here in Mindanao (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6578531.stm), a warning shrugged off by the Philippine government. It seems that the US (and consequently Australia, Canada, Britain, aka the “international community”) are again keen on building up the latest terror campaign in the Philippines.
Previous terror campaigns implemented by these First World Countries in my country include destructive mining, power generation, militarism and agriculture.
“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency discovered DBCP (pesticide) could cause cancer and sterility and severely restricted its use in 1977. It was banned in the United States in 1979 and in 1980 in the Philippines.It was still being used in the Philippines well into the 1980s, lawyers say.Dow Chemical Co., Shell Oil Co. and Occidental Chemical Corp. sold the pesticide to Dole Food Co., Del Monte Fresh Produce and Chiquita Brands International Inc., which used it in the Philippines and about a dozen other countries.
In 1993, more than 16,000 banana plantation workers, including thousands of Filipinos, filed a class-action suit in Texas against the manufacturers and fruit companies.” - From Jim Gomez / AP 1997
“The American capitalists intensified their spoliation in Mindanao. In 1957, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was awarded 1,000 hectares of land in Makilala, North Cotabato for a rubber plantation. In 1963, Dole Philippines, subsidiary of the Castle and Cook Company acquired vast tracts of land in Tupi and Polomolok, Cotabato for its pineapple plantations. In 1966, Weyerhaueser Corporation obtained 72,000 hectares of forest lands in Mindanao for its logging operation…”
“War in Mindanao is basically a war to ensure US continuing rape and plunder of the island’s remaining resource base as well as ensuring that Mindanao play its role to the fullest in maintaining US world hegemony in part of the world. The White House issued a document last September, 2002 which states, ‘it is to reaffirm the essential role of American military strength in order to dissuade future military competition. We must be strong enough to dissuade potential adversaries from pursuing or equaling the power of the United States.” - From “Mindanao” Land Raped and Plundered”
So who are the terrorists again?
