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MILF tried to add midget subs to its arsenal

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front plans to buy a number of midget submarines to be used in fighting the government, the military said yesterday. In a press briefing at Camp Aguinaldo, Armed Forces spokesman Col. Essel Soriano presented to the media documents which he said were found in the Buliok complex, an milf stronghold in Central Mindanao that was overrun by the government troops last month. Among the documents were receipts for weapons amounting to $2,196,250, as well as a report from the milf political affairs chief, Ghadzali Jaafar, mentioning a “minisubmarine” as an additional commodity available. milf spokesman Ustadz Eid Kabalu denied the existence of the documents, accusing the military of “fabricating them to justify past and present offensives against the milf.” Full Story