Previous brushes with US troops make young Moros wary of Balikatan
Activists speak out against the Balikatan in Cagayan de Oro City.
By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today
Related story: Fears raised against BalikatanA day before the joint U.S.-Philippine Balikatan military exercises, young Moro protesters led a barricade in barangay Sarimanok in Marawi City, which ended up with protesters hurling stones at a passing convoy of vehicles loaded with U.S. soldiers. Not contented, the protesters chased the fleeing Hi-Ace and Toyota vans and hit the car windows with stones. Aida Ibrahim, chair of the Moro youth organization Liga ng Kabataang Moro (LKM) in Marawi said the Moro youth will do everything they can to drive the U.S. troops away.
