DAVAO CITY, 11 December — The war between factions of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) has reached cyberspace with the recent launching of www.mnlf.net by the group of Nur Misuari.

The new website is six months younger than the www.mnlf.org launched by the rival faction led by the Council of 15, which includes Dr. Parouk Hussin, the recently elected governor of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

And if websites were to be a gauge for victory, according to Davao-based wire news agency Mindanews, mnlf.net wins hands down.

Mindanews said: “Not only does the mnlf.net site look better on computer screens, it also indicates under its masthead that it is the ‘official website of the Moro National Liberation Front.’”

While both websites carry the same logo of the revolutionary group, mnlf.net has under it the battlecry, “victory or to the graveyard.” The mnlf.org has none.

It is in the content that the two sites vary, with each one carrying its own version of what happened to them group.

Among mnlf.net’s main stories as of Dec. 7 was Misuari’s seeking of asylum from the United Nations.

Misuari had been locked in a Malaysian jail since Nov. 26 when police caught him for illegal entry as he fled a failed revolt that he allegedly instigated in Jolo.

The mnlf.org features the history of the MNLF, but with emphasis on the ouster of Misuari last May when Hussin and most of the Front’s senior officials formed themselves into a council and removed Misuari as chairman. Among the notables in the council are Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema, who is MNLF secretary-general, and Sulu Gov. Yusop Jikiri, former military chief of staff of the Front.

The council justified their action by Misuari had proved to be ineffective as an administrator in his five years as ARMM governor, during which he was reported to have spent most of his time abroad or in expensive hotels in Manila.

The mnlf.org also has a survey box with the question: “The MNLF’s Central Committee ousted Misuari as chairman. Are you in favor of this move?” The choice of answers: “YES, it’s overdue;” “NO, not this time;” “I’m not sure;” and “I don’t care.”

The Arroyo administration has recognized the MNLF Executive Council as “the MNLF.”

Apart from a huge volume of materials, which include a History of the Bangsamoro People, The Tripoli Agreement, other accords that Misuari had signed, and his speeches, mnlf.net has “featured links” that include the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the Muslim World League, the United Nations, and the Palestine Liberation Organization.