Gloria Arroyo, the Philippines president, has given the military a three year deadline to end the country's armed rebellions.
At a peace and security assembly in central Bohol province on Friday, Arroyo said she wanted communist insurgents, Muslim separatists and al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf fighters wiped out by the time she steps down in 2010.
She said: "If we are to become a first world country, we have to put a stop to their ideological nonsense and their acts once and for all."
Communists have been fighting against the government since 1969, followed several years later by a Muslim rebellion for a separate homeland.
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The communists suspended peace talks in 2004, accusing the government of instigating their inclusion on US and European terror lists.
The government has opened talks and has a cease-fire agreement with the Muslim separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
The president's comments come as the military is stepping up its offensive against the Abu Sayyaf on two southern islands where around 55 troops and dozens of fighters have been killed since July.
Arroyo said the armed forces "must evolve a strategy of rapid conclusion to address rebellion".
She said the government would use "hard and soft power," a combination of military strength and efforts to win over rebels through economic development, social services and infrastructure.