MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 19 May) — “Ayoko na sa kanya; break na kami (I do not want him in my life anymore; we have parted ways).” With a pained laughter, this was her first reacti…
With a pained laughter, this was her first reaction when asked to share her experience. She wanted to forget everything as recalling the experience brings back the horror, the pain, and the frustration. “I just want to move on,” But Isnairah’s story is not at all a love story. Hers is about an urban warfare Six years ago, on May 23, 2017, in what is now known as the Marawi Siege, Isnairah’s house in Basak Malutlut, a barangay within the city center of Marawi, was where the battle started.
The soldier, without lowering his firearm pointed at Isnairah, asked her to call the children. She obeyed, and cautiously called on the two children to come upstairs and not to be afraid. When the two children came up, she immediately embraced them close to her bosom, shielding their sight from the soldier. In her mind, she did not want the children to panic. She thought that if the soldier would kill them, at the very least they will die together in her arms.
The ASG was established in 1991 and operated in the island provinces of Basilan and Sulu, western part of Mindanao. The US State Department designated it as a foreign terrorist organization in 1997. The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism reported that by the end of 2022, out of the 17,793 households in the “most affected areas” only 100, or less than one percent of the displaced residents have returned.
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