Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters Arm Themselves In Anticipation

MAGUINDANAO PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES - SEPTEMBER 30: Armed members of the breakaway faction of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front walk congregate in a village ahead of the signing of an agreement between their former colleagues and the Phillipines central Government in the township of Datu Saudi Ampatuan on September 30, 2012 in Maguindanao, southern Philippines. President Benigno Aquino claimed the latest development in the negotiation with the rebels is a major milestone after decades of militant insurgency in the nation's troubled south. Both parties are expected to sign the peace agreement on October 15, 2012. (Photo by Jeoffrey Maitem/Getty Images)