Editing Ferdinand Marcos (section)

=====Muslim massacres=====
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Thousands of Moros were killed during the Marcos regime. They formed insurgent groups and separatist movements such as the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the [[Moro Islamic Liberation Front]] (MILF), which became more radical with time.<ref name="inqMuslimsMartialLaw">{{cite news|last=Tan |first=Michael L. |title=Muslims, martial law |url=http://opinion.inquirer.net/61357/muslims-martial-law |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|date=September 17, 2013}}</ref> The Marcos regime killed hundreds of Moros before imposing martial law.<ref name="abscbnTacubMassacre">{{cite news|last1=Mawallil|first1=Amir|title=Before Martial Law, there was the Tacub Massacre|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/blogs/opinions/10/06/16/opinion-before-martial-law-there-was-the-tacub-massacre|date=October 7, 2016|ref=[[ABS-CBN News]]}}</ref> The number of Moro victims killed by the Army, Philippine Constabulary, and the Ilaga (a government-sanctioned<ref name="veraPalimbangMassacre">{{cite news|title=Vera Files Fact Sheet: Palimbang massacre and Marcos' other transgressions against the Bangsamoro|url=http://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-sheet-palimbang-massacre-and-marcos-other-tr|publisher=Vera Files|date=September 24, 2017}}</ref> terrorist cult notorious for [[Human cannibalism|cannibalism]] and [[land grabbing]] that served as members of the CHDF)<ref name="inqMartialLawMassacres" /> reached as high as 10,000 lives.<ref name="pcijMindanaoMemoryMassacres" /><ref>{{cite thesis|title=The Liberation Movements in Mindanao: Root Causes and Prospects for Peace|first= Marjanie Salic |last=Macasalong}}</ref> 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Known massacres of Moros
! Name!! Date !! Perpetrator!!Casualties || Context
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| [[Jabidah Massacre]] ||March 1968 |||| 11 to 68 killed|| Aftermath of an aborted operation to destabilize [[Sabah]], [[Operation Merdeka]].
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| Multiple ||1970-1971|| pro-government militias such as the [[Ilaga]] ||21 massacres 518 dead, 184 injured and 243 houses burned down.<ref name="inqMorosRecallMassacres">{{cite news|last1=Maulana|first1=Nash B.|title=Moros recall massacres under Marcos|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/810366/moros-recall-massacres-under-marcos|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|date=August 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name="pcijMindanaoMemoryMassacres" />||
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| Tacub Massacre in [[Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte]]|| 1971 || Dozens dead||Military||five truckloads of displaced resident voters were stopped at a  checkpoint. Summary execution.<ref name="abscbnTacubMassacre" />
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| [[Manili massacre]] || June 1971 ||suspected [[Ilaga]] and Philippine Constabulary||70-79 dead||including women and children, killed inside a mosque.<ref name="inqMorosRecallMassacres" />
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| The Burning of [[Jolo, Sulu]]<ref name="inqWarPeaceValor" /> || February 7–8, 1974|| 1,000 and possibly up to 20,000 dead||Military||fires and destruction in Jolo .<ref name="inqJoloToMarawi">{{cite news|last1=Tan|first1=Michael L.|title=From Jolo to Marawi|url=http://opinion.inquirer.net/104299/from-jolo-to-marawi|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|date=May 26, 2017}}</ref> "the worst single atrocity to be recorded in 16 years of the Mindanao conflict" by the April 1986 issue of the Philippines Dispatch.<ref name="philippinesDispatchBurningJolo">{{cite news|title=The Burning of Jolo|url=https://suluonlinelibrary.wordpress.com/major-events/1974-burning-of-jolo-2/burning-of-jolo-mnlf-account/|access-date=October 9, 2017|issue=Third Week|publisher=Philippines Dispatch|date=April 1986}}</ref>
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| [[Malisbong Massacre]] || September 1974|| 1,500 men were killed inside a mosque, 3,000 women and children were detained, and about 300 women raped<ref name="inqMorosRecallMassacres" />||Philippine Constabulary||
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| [[Pata Island massacre#Retaliation|Pata Island massacre]] ||1982 ||3,000 [[Tausūg people|Tausug]] civilians, including women and children dead||Military<ref name="inqMorosRecallMassacres" />||
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| Tong Umapoy Massacre || 1983 || 57 dead||Navy || attacked a passenger boat en route to an athletic event in [[Bongao, Tawi-Tawi]].<ref name="veraPalimbangMassacre" />
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