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Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Muslim separatists Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) inspects his troops at the rebels' base in Camp Darapanan in Maguindanao province located in southern Philippine island of Mindanao. After more than 30 years of insurgency to set up an Islamic state in the largely Roman Catholic Philippines, Murad and his 12,000 fighters are ready for peace talks with the government.