ØOn March 6, 2003, during the Arroyo all-out war, MILF forces captured six (6) Filipino soldiers and militiamen in Lanao del Norte. Pursuant to the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of POWs, then MILF Vice Chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim ordered the release of the POWs to the ICRC. Consequently, the POWs were turned over by the MILF safely to the ICRC on March 29, 2003.
May ilang daang milyong piso (P200-300.0 milyon) naman ang pinakawalan ng mga Lapid talunin lamang ang mga Pineda, habang halos kakalog-kalog ang makinarya't kulang-kulang ilang milyon piso lamang ang nagastos mula pa sa donasyon ng ilang ordinaryo't malalaking pamilyang panggitnang uring sangay (middle class) na umaasang walang kapana-panalo si Among Ed sa election.