From the Belmont Club:

The "peace talks" had begun with high hopes when Gloria Macapagal Arroyo took the helm from disgraced President Joseph Estrada in 2001. Estrada had attempted to destroy the MILF encampments spread throughout the length of the Cotabato valley (Green flags in the map above). Arroyo reversed Estrada's policy and essentially returned those installations to the possession of the rebels.

The government would not give up any territory it had seized from the MILF in the course of the war last year, but the Arroyo administration agreed to allow Muslim residents to return to their communities inside the former MILF camps. ....."This agreement upholds the belief that areas such as Abubakar or Rajah Muda are not military camps, but sites of Muslim communities that must be accorded respect, self-reliance and dignity like any other community of citizens," Mrs. Arroyo said in a statement.

Soon it became clear that the MILF had not given up its ambitions when they turned six of their "camps" into training sites for the Jemaah Islamiyah.

Perfect example of what can happen when the "negotiators" run the whole show.