14 marines killed in battle with MILF
You just can’t trust the MILF. Time and time again, they have stabbed us in the back. Bossi is definitely in Basilan, why else would there be such force leveled against the military?
COTABATO CITY– Fourteen Marines searching for a kidnapped Italian priest had been killed in a gunbattle in which the Moro Islamic Liberation Front claimed responsibility for, saying that it had acted in self-defense after its troops were “attacked” by the soldiers who entered MILF territory in the province of Basilan.
Lieutenant Colonel Ariel Caculitan, spokesman for the Marines, and Brigadier General Ramiro Alivio, chief of 1st Marine Brigade, said 10 of the 14 who had been reported missing were found beheaded.
The MILF cannot be trusted!!!
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Whoever benefited from supplying those defective mortar shells deserves to be shot.
and yet, the MILF has better equipment.. Just like Trillanes said..
The top brass is responsible in the procurement of these weapons..
There should be no peace talks with goons. Life should be snuffed out of the MILF, as it was done before 2001. But no, we gave them enough time to regroup via peace talks, and look what we have now - MILF that is probably stronger than it was in 2001. Sneaks!
Chuck is right. Shoot them corrupt generals.
peace talks also benefit defense contractors… I wonder who gets the kickbacks??
sort of like the lamppost controversy only with guns and weaponry…
A prolonged war means more money..
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Chuck,
I don’t want to make blunt accusations but I am aware that the first cousin of Mike Arroyo supplies ammunition to the AFP and last time I heard, he was negotiating for the sale of mortar shells. However, don’t know whether it materialized.
Former Admiral Varona, classmate of Angie Reyes, was also the head of the logistics supply chain for the arsenal. His post is civilian-led. A couple of years ago, there were already complaints about the ammo supplies while he was serving as head there.
The AFP were into negotiations with the Turks on ammo too.
The AFP 80mm mortar inventory is good on paper but I am not too sure that they have been kept in good condition or properly maintained.
seems to me that there are much too many conflicts of interest in the procurement process…
but apparently, from the video, the mortars aren’t working…
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the mortars aren’t working…Then something is wrong with the shells - mortars even if not very well maintained ought to be working even if trajectory is poor, a mortar is a heavy duty gun; it should work not quite as accurate but it should work.
This is the best blogging commentary I’ve read so far:
manuelbuencamino :
Fear makes men do terrible things. And fear mongering is a terrible thing to do to man.
Dean said the attack could have been prevented if we had an anti-terror law because the military would have been able to bug cell phone messages etc.
Our side cannot gather intelligence without an anti-terror law?
A parallel army without the help of American and Australian technology could do it and was able to ambush our troops.
What is the anti-terror law, some kind of brain pill ?
Are those fucking idiot commanders playing golf in Camp Aguinaldo going to become tactical and strategic geniuses because of an anti-terror law?
Adopting the rationale for the anti-terror law serves to:
(1). legitimize Bush’s insane war; and (2). allow Gloria to stifle dissent. It won’t do anything more than that.
Let’s fight bandits the good old fashioned way. It worked against Kamlon, Nur Misuari, and against the MILF and Camp Abubakar.
Good intelligence on the ground, just like what those bandits used against the marine convoy, will go a lot further than the Deanie’s futile law.
As to solving the muslim insurgency…the problem is not in Manila. The problem is in Mindnao itself. It’s those warlord political dynasties in Mindanao who have stolen money meant for development and who have kept their constituents under their heel since time immemorial. Get rid of those warlords and you will democratize Mindanao and the MNLF/MILF/ASG won’t have a leg to stand on.
Apologies to Manolo Quezon and to MB for crossposting MB’s comments (in Manolo’s blog) here. Thanks, Ellen!
I mean thanks Nick!
What makes you think filipinos can defeat the Moros. I really doubt it. Leave Mindanao it never belonged to the filipino slaves. You are a slave colonial people. Why should you rule over us. Cowards should never rule over free men. Everything about YOU is fake. Why do you still name yourselves after your masters it’s ok their gone. Drop the Spanish names aren’t you people ashamed of being slaves. You people have no history no substance. Better to die than have slaves rule over Muslims. But you can’t defeat us…go ask your new master(America) for help. Learn from Moros on how to be free men. Stop being slaves to external forces. Stand up and be men, have some pride. First thing you can do is drop your slave names.