SUBSCRIBE TO PINASWATCH8 US MILITARY PRESENCE IN SULU,PHILIPPINES PART 3 OF 3 This video-report contextualises the issue of US military presence in the Philippines within the long and bitter history of conflict in the South. Countering the reductionist frame set by the narrative of the "global war against terror," it examines the historical conditions that led to the emergence of the Moro separatist movement (MNLF, Moro National Liberation Front) and the subsequent rise of the Abu Sayyaf. It dissects the government´s contradictory attempts to downplay its threat while at the same time justifying escalating military operations in the region.