<P> The murders inflicted upon Moros were brought up by President Duterte to criticize America and President Obama in 2016, some 110 years afterward, then Obama canceled their planned meeting, but Duterte apologized next day . The massacre was cited a second time by Duterte in criticizing America while calling for the exit of American troops . </P> <P> The Moro National Liberation Front's website mentioned the Bud Dajo incident with Duterte and, calling this plan of the United States "diabolical", said that China was being targeted by the United States' presence on Moro land . The MNLF also slammed the ignoring of the Mindanao situation by Amnesty International and the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations and attacked America over massacres of Moro people by American troops and the fact that Lumads and Muslims are subjected to persecution, accusing the American government of turning a blind eye to this . The website accused the military of the United States of possibly building up the Abu Sayyaf to justify its military being stationed in Palawan, Sulu, and Mindanao on Moro lands, accusing the U.S. of "pursuing a dark hidden agenda". It recalled that the Abu Sayyaf has been fought against by the MNLF . </P>

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