| Battle of the Buliok Complex | |||||||
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| Part of the Moro conflict | |||||||
 Barangay Buliok is located in Pagalungan, Maguindanao province | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Moro Islamic Liberation Front | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 8 killed[2] |
161 killed[2] (Philippine government source) 40 killed[2] (MILF source) | ||||||
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7 civilians killed[2] 41,000 residents displaced[2][3] 3[2] – 100[1] evacuees died | |||||||
The Battle of the Buliok Complex took place on 11 February 2003 in an area within the provinces of Maguindanao and Cotabato in Mindanao, Philippines. The 60-hectare complex,[4] which stretches from Pikit, Cotabato to Pagalungan, Maguindanao, was a stronghold of the Muslim separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Accused by the Philippine government of harboring members of Pentagon,[1][2][4] a notorious kidnap-for-ransom gang operating in Mindanao, the MILF was attacked in the Buliok complex by the Armed Forces of the Philippines under orders from then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
- ^ a b c Bacongco, Keith (12 February 2010). "Buliok 7 years after the war: Painful imprints still linger". MindaNews. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g Agence France-Presse (16 February 2003). "Filipino Forces Seize Islamic Rebel Stronghold". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "North Cotabato Evacuees Top 40,000 as War Rages On". Arab News. 14 March 2003. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ a b Unson, John (13 March 2003). "68 MILF rebs killed in Pikit offensive". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 3 October 2016.