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Cebu Pacific Incident: Melissa Mendez' side
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| Melissa Mendez defends her rights. |
We have seen too many articles that made Melissa Mendez dignity go down. This article is not to defend the actress but we aim not to be one-sided with issues that concern citizens.
Here is some posts on Facebook about defending the actress on the Cebu Pacific incident where she was unloaded and said 'banned' from the airlines. The incident involved Andrew Wolf and his friend, Rey Pamaran, whom Melissa admitted was hit by her because he said that the actress had a foul breath.
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| Posts on Facebook that defends Melissa Mendez' side. |
According to some passenger's statement, the actress was just sitting in the seat of Andrew Wolf's friend to take a picture of the clouds near the window. Who should we believe? I think no one, because we were not present when the incident happened and let us try to be neutral until the issue is solved.
Quezon City Stigmata Child is FAKE/HOAX
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| Another fools who believe in falsiness. |
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| A baby from Quezon City that has identical wounds of the crucified Jesus Christ. Funny! |
The baby named Jejomar Castillo was born at Quezon City General Hospital. Since the news was spread out, the baby has attracted a lot of faithful devotees wanting to witness the stigmata. BULLSHIT.
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| The real image is way cuter. Congrats to the mother! |
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| This is the unedited photo of the child dubbed as World's seven billionth baby. |
This baby girl's real name is Danica May Camacho, a girl born in Philippine capital Manila, is chosen by UN to symbolically mark global population milestone. Do not be deceived by false PHOTOSHOPS guys.
All I can say is in today's generation, editing is too easy and people easily get fooled by false propaganda.
All I can say is in today's generation, editing is too easy and people easily get fooled by false propaganda.
The Seven Billionth Baby Article Source: The Guardian
A high school student suicides because his clearance wasn't signed
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| A copy of the Student's Clearance. Source: Facebook |
Daan Bantayan, Cebu - A high school student of Daan Bantayan National High school named Wendyll Manzañares, committed suicide after being disappointed that his Filipino teacher did not sign his clearance and because of it, he cannot take the final exam.
According to the other teacher's statement, the student's group were so noisy that made the teacher mad and during the signing of clearance, (although the student is complete with his projects) she insisted that it will be her final decision not to sign the student's clearance.
According to one of his family, the boy was depressed after his cousin also committed suicide and it became worst after the teacher did not sign his clearance. Friends and families who knew him said that he's a very jolly kid and they did not expect he would do something serious.
As of now, the teacher is being watched over by police due to death threats she received. Many netizens in Northern Cebu were mixed about their emotions. Some said that the teacher should have called the parents of the student about the problem. And some said that it is the parent's responsibility to look over their children and ask them about their school.
Bagito Scandals still on the trend, Watch the Latest!
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| Why Staircase scandal is on the rise? |
It's been months but still the viral Bagito video is still on the rise! There have been many Bagito videos posted on the internet, there were even video sequels from part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and so on! After the famous Bagito Scandal which included two high school students on the staircase, new videos has been posted on the internet. There is a new 'Bagito' scandal video in another staircase caught on ninja cameras.
We have the Latest video link you can watch that are live on socialcam, take note that this video is rated for adults only: http://bit.ly/1FBdQOM
More to come!
10-year old egg 'thief' abused in public
Kalunos-lunos ang sinapit ng 10 taong gulang na babae na sinaktan at pinahiya pa umano matapos siyang pagbintangang nagnakaw ng itlog sa palengke sa Pampanga. Source: ABS-CBN News
Candaba, Pampanga - A 10-year old girl that was accused of stealing eggs was being abused and embarrassed to the public by the vendor in the market. She was almost strip naked because of what the vendor has did to her.
According to the girl, it was not true that she stole an egg from the market that led the vendor to hurt her and embarrass her in public. She said she was just looking for his brother/sister. The video was uploaded to the social media Facebook which the people described as heartless.
The vendor was now being charged with child abuse.
Jolo Revilla admitted that he accidentally shot himself
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| Cavite Vice Governor Jolo Revilla |
Manila, Philippines - "Nagkamali ako." (I made a mistake)
That was an admission that came from Cavite Vice Governor Jolo Revilla himself in what his lawyer Raymond Fortun said was “accidental.”
In a medical bulletin issued at 5 p.m, Revilla was brought back to the intensive care unit of the Asian Hospital after undergoing an operation to stop the internal bleeding sustained from the gun shot wound in the upper right portion of his chest.
In a post on her Facebook account, Revilla’s mother and Cavite second district representative Lani Mercado said that a half liter of his blood was drained from his lungs.
The operation lasted for two and half hours where a tube was inserted in his lungs to drain excess blood.
Mercado-Revilla asked for prayers for the recovery of his son.
“Please continue to pray for him,” she said.
Only family members are allowed to visit Revilla due to his “delicate” condition following the operation.
Revilla suffered a single gun shot wound after a .40 Glock hand gun “accidentally” went off while cleaning, the family claimed.
Meanwhile, detained Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. will ask for a 24-hour furlough to visit his son at the Asian Hospital.
Fortun said the furlough would be filed before the Sandiganbayan by Monday or Tuesday. AJH; With reports from Bayani San Diego and Kristine Mangunay.
Source: Inquirer
Jam Sebastian of Jamich on Life Support
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| Jam Sebastian on Life support due to critical condition. Source: Facebook |
Jam Sebastian of Jamich's condition has gone worse that made him be put on life support.
His lung cancer battle is getting much more difficult to fight against. Jam is now in a critical condition and is now placed under life support.
Based on the post of Mich Liggayu's father, they received an emergency call from Jam's Hospital. They urgently made their way. In less than 10 minutes they arrived at St. Lukes Medical Center where Mich's boyfriend Jam was having a hard time.
Jam had been through a lot but this time it's very different. He could not speak nor even smile to his family. He is so weak that he was just lying there with the help of life support.
The ventilator is what keeps Jam fighting. Everyone said to him that if he is already tired he could now rest.
But the family of Jam are still trying to fight his illness despite his request to have a mercy killing. Sympathy from Netizens are everywhere as most of them say that the family, although its hard, should accept the fact and just give Jam a peace. Some netizens who were in those situations with their love ones stated that victims of such cancer is really suffering, and that letting go is the best option for the patient to rest.
Full texts plus LIVESTREAM: President Aquino's Speech Rite to the EDSA Celebration
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| Remembering the Edsa 1986 Revolution that sparked the heart of the Filipinos against Marcos, marking its 29th Anniversary |
Speech of President Benigno S. Aquino III
Celebration of 29th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution
Shrine of Mary, Queen of Peace, Our Lady of EDSA
25 February 2015
(Delivered originally in Filipino)
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Magandang hapon po sa inyong lahat.
May imahen po mula sa EDSA People Power Revolution na tumatak sa pambansang kamalayan: Mga madreng nakaluhod, nangangamba man sa mga baril sa kanilang harapan, ay nananalig pa rin at nagmamalasakit. Sa pag-aabot natin ng rosaryo at bulaklak sa mga armadong sundalo, sa pagkakapit-bisig natin upang pigilan ang pag-abante ng tangke, napatunayan natin: Malasakit ang pinakamakapangyarihang tugon sa galit; walang mas lalakas pang sandata sa pag-ibig.
Ganitong lakas din po ang ipinakita ng sambayanan sa aming pamilya noong 1983, matapos paslangin ang aking ama. Mayroon pong isang litratong nagsisilbing paalala sa kung gaano kalalim ang dinaanan naming pasakit noon. Sa larawang ito, halos hindi ko na siya mamukhaan. Para siyang karneng ibinagsak sa tarmac, at ibinalibag sa AVSECOM van.
Kung ilalagay po ninyo ang sarili sa aking sitwasyon, marahil mauunawaan ninyo ang aking pinanggagalingan. Ama ko po iyon, duguan, matapos barilin. Ako ang nag-iisang anak na lalaki. Aaminin ko: Pumasok sa isip ko ang paghihiganti; sabi ko, ang dugong inutang, dugo rin dapat ang kabayaran. Sabi nga sa Bibliya, “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” Umabot ako sa puntong handa akong mamatay, maidamay lang sa hukay ang mga pumaslang sa aking ama.
Ngunit nag-iba po ang aking pananaw nang masilayan ko ang libo-libong taong nanindigan at nakiramay sa labas ng aming tahanan sa Times Street. Tila ba nawala na ang kanilang takot sa Batas Militar, at buong-tapang na nagpahayag ng kanilang malasakit sa aking ama. Tulad ng mangyayari sa EDSA, ipinakita nila sa amin: Hindi kami nag-iisa. At ang sambayanang Pilipino nga po ang nagturo sa akin: Posible pa ang inaasam-asam ng aking ama na mapayapang pagbabago.
Nagbabalik-tanaw po ako sa kuwentong ito, hindi upang kumuha ng simpatya para sa aking sarili, kundi para idiin ang leksiyong dala nito. Bilang inyong Pangulo, maliwanag sa aking magkukulang ako sa aking tungkulin, kung hindi ko ipaaalala sa sambayanan ang kapangyarihan ng malasakit. Magkukulang po ako kung hindi ko ipapaalala sa lahat na, sa mga panahon ng dalamhati, hindi tayo nag-iisa, at may ibang daan. Sa harap ng mga video na nagpapakita ng karahasan, sa harap ng galit na maaaring mamuo sa ating mga puso, kailangan nating ipaalala: Mas makapangyarihan pa rin ang tiwala, ang malasakit, ang pag-ibig, ang kapayapaan.
Tandaan lang natin: Ang kaguluhan sa Mindanao ay nagdudulot ng kaguluhan sa ating lahat. Kaya naman obligasyon ng bawat isa na itaguyod ang kapayapaan sa Mindanao. Ngunit batid nating hindi madali ang landas patungong kapayapaan. Nang magkaroon nga po ng deadlock sa negosasyon ng ating gobyerno at ng MILF, nagpasya tayong personal na makipag-usap kay Chairman Murad Ebrahim sa Japan, kabilang na si Chairman Mohagher Iqbal, sampu ng kanilang mga kasamahan, para ituloy ang usaping pangkapayapaan. Malinaw sa atin ang katangiang kailangang pairalin sa panahong iyon: Iyon po ay tiwala. Mula sa tiwala sa isa’t isa, umusbong ang maayos at tapat na ugnayan ng dalawang panig upang makamit ang kasunduang katanggap-tanggap sa lahat.
Ngayon, may pagkakataon po tayong baguhin ang istorya ng ARMM dahil sa maraming dahilan. Marami nga pong bansa ang nagbubuhos ng suporta sa ating usaping pangkapayapaan. Halimbawa na lang po ang Malaysia: Hindi lamang sa salita, kundi sa gawa, pinadama nila sa atin na katuwang sila sa pagkamit ng kapayapaan. At dahil buo ang tiwala ng sambayanan po sa atin, ni minsan, hindi ako natuksong gamitin ang ARMM para magsagawa ng command votes. Ang mga pinuno ng MILF, pinadama rin sa atin ang kanilang tiwala at kumpiyansa na magiging katuwang din sila, kasama ang buong Bangsamoro, sa paghahanap ng kapayapaan. Ginintuan ngang maituturing ang pagkakataong ito, kung kailan abot-kamay na ang kapayapaan sa Mindanao. Sa mga nagsasabi na ihinto na ang peace process, at ang pagpapasa ng Bangsamoro Basic Law, ang tanong natin: Paano nila masisigurado na magkakaroon ulit ng ganitong oportunidad?
Talagang masakit po ang nangyari sa Mamasapano. Huwag nating kalimutan na pumunta ang ating kapulisan doon, hindi para maghasik ng karahasan, kundi upang ipatupad ang batas. Nagsakripisyo sila para makamit ang kapayapaan, di naman po makatwiran na ang kanilang inalay para sa kapayapaan ay maging mitsa pa ng karahasan. Tulad nga po ng sinabi ni Martin Luther King sa Amerika: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Ngayon po, tinatawag tayong maalala ang mga aral na dala ng mga salitang ito.
Sana, magarantiya ko po sa inyong walang magsasamantala sa insidenteng ito. Sinisikap po nating manatili ang kaayusan. Ngunit, alam din nating habang palapit tayo nang palapit sa katuparan ng ating mithiin, lalong nagiging desperado ang mga kontra dito. Maganda po sana kung bukod sa pambabatikos, ay may nailalatag silang alternatibong solusyon. Di tuloy natin maiwasang isipin: Ayaw nilang magkaroon ng kapayapaan, dahil sila mismo ang nakikinabang sa gulo at karahasan. Ang gusto nila: muling magkanya-kanya ang mga Pilipino, at mawala ang tiwala natin sa isa’t isa upang isulong ang kanilang pansariling agenda.
Kung magpapatalo tayo sa mga kontra-kapayapaan, parang hinayaan na rin nating lumala ang kaguluhan sa Mindanao. Kung isusuko natin ang pagtataguyod ng Bangsamoro, parang hinayaan na rin nating armas ang muli nilang ipamana sa susunod na henerasyon ng mga kapwa natin Pilipino.
Hinding-hindi po tayo papayag na mangyayari ito. Tanging sa pagkamit sa pangmatagalang kapayapaan magiging sulit ang sakripisyo ng mga nakipaglaban sa EDSA, kabilang na ang mga nagbuwis ng buhay para wakasan ang paghahasik ng takot at karahasan sa lipunan.
Para sa ating lahat na naranasan ang EDSA, batid natin ang positibong bunga ng pagiging mahinahon; na sa halip na magpadala sa galit at emosyon, bigyang-daan ang pagiging risonable, ang tiwala, at ang pagmamahal sa isa’t isa. Kung ginabayan ng Panginoon ang ating bayan noon tungo sa mapayapang pagbabago, nananalig akong sa kabila ng panibagong mga hamon, ay mabibigyang-daang muli ang tiwala sa isa’t isa.
Noong nanawagan si Cardinal Sin, at tinugon ng ating Tiyo Butz na magbuklod sa EDSA, milyon-milyong tao ang dumagsa rito kasama na ang mga relihiyoso. Ang totoo: Biglaan po ito. Nariyan ang lahat ng sangkap para mauwi ang lahat sa isang madugong himagsikan: takot, tensiyon, at armas. Pero sa gabay nga po ng mahal na Panginoon, naging matagumpay at mapayapa ang pagbasak ng diktaturya, na siyang hinangaan ng buong mundo. Itong paghahangad ng kapayapaan sa buong bansa, lalong-lalo na sa ARMM, kung tutuusin, mas planado, mas pinagtutulungan ng halos lahat. Siguro naman, kung tinulungan tayo ng Panginoon noon, tutulungan din tayo ngayon. Ang hinihiling na lang siguro sa atin, tayong mga natuto na sa aral ng EDSA, dapat maging masigasig upang buohin ang balangkas nitong pagkakamit ng kapayapaan.
Sa ngalan ng mga Pilipinong nakipaglaban sa EDSA, at sa lahat ng mga kababayan nating nagsakripisyo at patuloy na nagsasakripisyo para sa kapwa at bansa, ituloy natin ang laban tungo sa kapayapaan at kaunlarang matagal na nating inaasam.
Magandang hapon po. Maraming salamat sa inyo. (Source: gov.ph)
Poor pinay domestic helper in Saudi seeks help from the authorities
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| Bernadette filmed herself asking for help due to Sexual harassment. |
A female Filipino domestic helper in Saudi filmed herself asking help from the authorities because of what happened to her.
The incident happened during August 30, where the son of her boss went to the guest room she was cleaning. The man came to her and asked for a 'sexual intercourse' with her but she refused. The man threatened here not tell anyone of what happened.
This made her make a video asking help from the authorities because she is afraid that something worst may happen to her if she refuses again. Her passport was not with her that's why she couldn't run away.
The video has lots of negative comments from local Saudi Arabian in the Youtube video.
Filipino Catholics on Ash Wednesday and Tagle calls for Charity
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| Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. |
A month after Pope Francis visited the Philippines, the Filipinos are now observing the Ash Wednesday.
What is Ash Wednesday?
Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting, is the first day of Lent in Western Christianity. It occurs 46 days (40 fasting days, if the 6 Sundays, which are not days of fast, are excluded) before Easter and can fall as early as 4 February or as late as 10 March. Ash Wednesday is observed by many Western Christians, including Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, Anglicans, and Presbyterians.
The Manila Archdiocese Cardinal Tagle urged Filipinos to be charitable, that the money saved from fasting should be donated to charity in order to feed children and the poor.
Last year, 2014, the Fast2Feed campaign has fed over 150,000 children in Yolanda-affected areas and another 20,000 children during HAPAG-ASA feeding program.
On Ash Wednesday, millions of Filipinos go to church to have their foreheads marked with a cross using ash from palm fronds blessed during the Palm Sunday of the previous year's Holy Week.
Napeñas is a failure, says Miriam
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| Relieved Special Action Force (SAF) director Getulio Napeñas during the hearing. |
Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago called relieved Special Action Force (SAF) director Getulio Napeñas a failure that resulted in the death of the 44 PNP-SAF.
According to the mission plan, the PNP SAF commandos should have reached the target at 2:30 a.m but there were "intervening factors" involved that made the operation a failure.
Miriam told Napeñas that he's a failure and incompetent because he let those intervening factors affect and change the course of operation. "If the operation can't be perfect, at least it runs smoothly", she added.
In addition, she tackled about how insulted she was on how the rebels uploaded the viral video on Youtube and bragged about their killings like it was a trophy to kill the PNP-SAF during the encounter.
Miriam made Purisima look like a puppy
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| During the hearing, Miriam scolded Purisima like a disobedient child. Image source: ANC |
Miriam Defensor Santiago is back! This is what the Netizens label her come back to the senate hearings after being quiet for some time. This time she was scolding the former PNP Chief Alan Purisima due to his involvement in the Mamasapano incident.
"(Kung hindi ka sumali, buhay pa sana sila ngayon!) If you did not intervene, they should have alive today!" It is what Senator Miriam told Purisima during the hearing. The Senator also scolded the former PNP chief due to his pointing fingers and stating he does not know anything that was accused to him.
Purisima told Miriam that he only gave an advise to the PNP-SAF's 'Oplan Wolverine' operation and did not order them. But this made Miriam even more angrier because you can't say it is an advise when it is being followed, it is already a form of order.
But the interesting part that the Netizens have noticed is that how Miriam made Purisima like a puppy with the look of his face. Miriam's charisma and brave words really made Purisima look like a disobedient child.
Iqbal questions the viral video's authenticity
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| MILF chief peace negotiator Mohagher Iqbal |
During the hearing of the still controversial viral video of Mamasapano killing, Senator Trillanes IV questioned the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chief peace negotiator Mohagher Iqbal if it was one of his men who brutally killed the PNP-SAF in a Mamasapano viral video that has scattered in the social media today.
Mohagher Iqbal stated that the viral video could be a work of an advanced technology that most people are now knowledgeable today (Like movie effects, etc). It could be just an act because the video scattered in the social media. He also said that it could be a work of those who want to accuse the MILF so that the Bangsamoro Basic Law would be dismissed because of the outrage of the Filipino people.
Many netizens are outraged by his statment saying that such happening shouldn't be questioned. Because they don't think what happened was a just a dramatic play and things like this should be taken seriously, not to be doubted.
The authenticity of the viral video is supported by the statement made by the brother of the police that was brutally killed in the video, Julius Sagonoy, who confirmed and is undoubtful that it was his brother PO1 Joseph Sagonoy who was on the video.
The identity of the gunman is still being investigated as of today.
Watch: A student commited suicide in Makati
February 7, 2015 - A student from an international school in Makati named Liam Joseph committed suicide after a British-national teacher scolded and embarrassed him in front of the class. Watch the video in Filipino language to know the full detail.
Source: ABS-CBN
Marwan's dying declaration sent on e-mail
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| Marwan sent brother his dying declaration through e-mail |
CHICAGO – Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir reportedly wrote his brother in 2006 instructing him to dispose of his inheritance from their father and give them to his two children if he died “as a martyr.”
Zulkifli had e-mailed his elder brother Rahmat, a naturalized US citizen currently serving sentence for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.
“If I died as a martyr, and if there was some inheritance from the sale of dad’s land, please don’t forget about my two children here. Please don’t forget to transfer them into the same account that you’ve been using,” Zulkifli, also known as Marwan, wrote his brother in July 2006.
Marwan repeatedly emailed his brother detailing the firefights between the Philippine military and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
“Two martyred, 20 troops died. From here, the location is about six or seven hours away on foot. The fighting is still going on until now. I can hear it from my location. It started early morning from 6 o’clock until evening. I think it has been going on for eight days now. Earlier today, a helicopter was flying back and forth over in that area. You can hear it from here,” Marwan told his brother in an email on June 30, 2006.
Marwan said 27 government troops died in the battle against five in the MILF. He did not say where the fighting took place.
“My friend was just telling me again that there are four martyrs now. He is in the field right now. The other day, two of my friends from here (they’re about five kilometers from my location) went out to reinforce. He wanted to join the battle. In the future, I want to go when there is need for reinforcement. I can’t go by myself. I must have a local guide with me,” Marwan said.
In several email messages, Marwan detailed how it was to live among “martyrs.”
He also mentioned the involvement of the US government in the battle of the Philippine government against Muslim rebels.
He said the US military is using Orion spy planes and Predator drones to help Philippine troops monitor the movements of the Muslim rebels.
Marwan also mentioned a “J” among them, apparently referring to a member of the regional terror network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).
The JI was tagged in the 2002 Bali bombings where 202 people were killed.
“J” could also mean “jihadist,” someone engaged in a holy war against unbelievers of Islam.
In another email, Marwan said, “On July 10, 2006 approximately ten days after the death of A. Hashim, one squad of Special Action Forces (SAF) commandos, around 15 people, armed with M-4s, mini-M-60, 9mm pistols, 45 caliber pistols, night vision, and guided by government assets (spies) surrounded Lagu’s home with objective of capturing him (maybe alive).
“His house was broken into and the door got torn off. His wife and child were able to get out before the exchange of fire. Three of Lagu’s neighbors with Armalite rifles were able to assist until the attacking commandos withdrew. As a result, two commandos died, including team leader. One M-4 Armalite, one Taurus 9mm pistol, one .45 Norincol pistol, one night vision, one led diode flashlight, two M-60 belts with 200 rounds were seized.
“Lagu was asleep already in the house, protected by Allah. The people there took all of the spoils of war. Man! The rifles were new, the latest,” he said.
Rifles for sale
On Sept. 1, 2006, Rahmat reportedly wire transferred to Marwan the amount $5,500 through a Maybank account in the name of Minah binti Aogis Abd Aziz.
On or about Sept. 30, 2006, Zulkifli sent email to Rahmat, “If you have some available, please send a little bit more.”
“Over here people are ready to go to war. The US Orion spy plane has been circling the sky around the areas here during these past 3 to 4 days.”
Again Marwan wrote to his brother on Nov. 9, 2006, “We will know whether there will be a war or not by the 16th of November that would be the deadline for the Philippine government to submit the counter proposal to the MILF.”
Marwan also revealed corruption in the Philippine military.
“Commander A. Wahid says that there is a soldier who wants to sell a new .50 caliber for US$5,000. He said that he can only afford $2,000 and asked to find the remaining $3,000… The government assets (spies) at Pikit are regular people, not commanders. Among the five assets the other day, two of them died. One died three days after the Aug. 10th incident for stealing a motorcycle. He was caught by the locals and beaten to death. The other one died around two or three days before the Raya celebration, shot by an Armalite. The shooters were friends of Lagu’s neighbors,” he said.
On Feb. 9, 2007, Marwan sent Rahmat an email saying how some MILF commanders have double loyalties.
“Adan Abdula is the base commander of division 106. He has his left foot on the MILF, and his right foot on Datu Andal. When they have battle with Amer Umra Kato from division 105, his troops become Andal’s dogs merged with Andal’s troops. Was shot by someone...” Marwan said in referring to Andal Ampatuan, one of the accused in the Maguindanao massacre in 2009 and Kato, the leader of the breakaway Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters that vowed to go against the peace negotiations of the MILF with the Philippine government.
On March 6, 2007, Marwan sent an email to Rahmat telling him he was constantly on the run.
“The latest update I heard was that 17 died as martyrs and more than 60 soldiers were killed. The American soldiers operated unmanned Predator spy plane, which has been hovering around more than four times above Bngla’s house. I am currently mobile, moving from one place to another.”
Marwan later sent an email saying US spy planes were hovering over his area.
“Spy planes have been hovering over this area these past two days. There is a big (US Orion). There is a small one that looks like an eagle (Predator). This FM radio receiver has been picking up American voices during these past two days: ‘We are ready to launch.’”
Marwan said the Americans have joined the Filipino troops for joint exercise in his area.
“Do you still have the radio scanner that you used to have? How much does a set cost? The latest update is that more than twenty died as martyrs, more than 70 soldiers killed, and more than a hundred injured,” Marwan told his elder brother.
DNA sample
Zulkifli and Rahmat were charged in violation of a 9/11-inspired International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in the US.
Under this law, the US President has authority to “investigate, regulate, or prohibit” transactions involving “any property in which any foreign country or a national thereof has any interest by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.”
On Sept. 23, 2001, President George W. Bush, based on IEEPA, issued Executive Order No. 13224, entitled “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism” to address “the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and the Pentagon committed on Sept. 11, 2001” and “the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on US nationals or the United States.”
Without naming Rahmat as Zulkifli’s relative, the FBI could have used the DNA of Rahmat to match his brother’s based on the sentencing guidelines pronounced by Judge Jeremy Fogel of the US District Court in Northern California.
Fogel had ordered Rahmat to “cooperate in the collection of DNA as directed by the probation officer.”
The DNA sample provided by Rahmat was used to compare the biological sample supposedly taken from Zulkifli’s body in the Philippines.
Following a 20-minute hearing on Aug. 26, 2010, Fogel sentenced Rahmat to spend 120 months in a federal prison, three years’ supervised release and $100 special assessment fee.
Rahmat had pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists in the offense and dismissed the rest of the indictments returned by a grand jury on Aug. 1, 2007.
Had Rahmat gone to trial, he would have faced 15 years in prison and $250,000 fine if he were convicted on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.
Because Rahmat is “not considered a threat the United States,” Fogel said he “should be housed accordingly” and be “remanded to the Custody of the US Marshal” and his “appearance bond is hereby exonerated.”
Since Rahmat could not be deported because he is a US naturalized citizen, Fogel also ordered him to a three-year supervised release and report to the probation office in the district of release within 72 hours from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons.
Rahmat was also ordered to “not unlawfully possess a controlled substance” and “shall submit to one drug test within 15 days of release from imprisonment and two periodic drug tests.”
However, the “drug testing condition is suspended based on the court’s determination that the defendant poses a low risk of future substance abuse” and the “defendant shall not possess a firearm, ammunition, destructive device, or any other dangerous weapon.”
Rahmat, 51, is currently detained at the Federal Correctional Institution Lompoc, a low security institution in Lompoc, California. He is scheduled to be released on April 18, 2016.
Rahmat was indicted by a grand jury based on records unsealed on Aug. 1, 2007.
The indictments were based on a series of exchanges of email messages between Rahmat and Marwan “beginning on a date unknown and continuing through at least August 2007 in the Northern District of California and elsewhere.”
In sending terrorism materials, Rahmat used his sender’s names as “Sean Kasem, Sean Kalimin, Roy Kalimin and Salam A. Jabar” while he addressed the packages to his younger brother under the aliases as “Zulkifli Bin Abdul Hir, Hulagu, Holagu, Lagu, Marwan, Kulon, Musa Abdul, Musa Abdul Hir, Zulkifli Abdul Hir, Zulkifli bin Hir, Abdul Hir bin Zulkifli, Abdulhir Bin Hir and Bin Abdul Hir Zulkifli.”
Rahmat used his email address of ariman789@yahoo.com and sends his email to his brother under the email handles, ikankariman@yahoo.com and dutyfree97@yahoo.com.
In their email exchanges, Marwan wanted Rahmat to send him “accessories for firearms, backpacks, Insignia two-way radios, knives and publications about firearms” to the Philippines, using such codes as “iron” for firearms, “dogs” for government agents and “prizes and presents” for bombs or IEDs (improvised explosive devices).
Zulkifli was either born on Jan. 5, 1966 or Oct. 5, 1966 in Muar, Johor, Malaysia. He speaks Malaysian, English, Tagalog and Arabic. He was an engineer trained in the US. Zulkifli was said to be the head of Kumpulun Mujahidin Malaysia (KMM) terrorist organization and a ranking member of JI central command. He trained terrorist organizations in bomb making, including the notorious Abu Sayyaf in southern Philippines.
Zulkifli had e-mailed his elder brother Rahmat, a naturalized US citizen currently serving sentence for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.
“If I died as a martyr, and if there was some inheritance from the sale of dad’s land, please don’t forget about my two children here. Please don’t forget to transfer them into the same account that you’ve been using,” Zulkifli, also known as Marwan, wrote his brother in July 2006.
Marwan repeatedly emailed his brother detailing the firefights between the Philippine military and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
“Two martyred, 20 troops died. From here, the location is about six or seven hours away on foot. The fighting is still going on until now. I can hear it from my location. It started early morning from 6 o’clock until evening. I think it has been going on for eight days now. Earlier today, a helicopter was flying back and forth over in that area. You can hear it from here,” Marwan told his brother in an email on June 30, 2006.
Marwan said 27 government troops died in the battle against five in the MILF. He did not say where the fighting took place.
“My friend was just telling me again that there are four martyrs now. He is in the field right now. The other day, two of my friends from here (they’re about five kilometers from my location) went out to reinforce. He wanted to join the battle. In the future, I want to go when there is need for reinforcement. I can’t go by myself. I must have a local guide with me,” Marwan said.
In several email messages, Marwan detailed how it was to live among “martyrs.”
He also mentioned the involvement of the US government in the battle of the Philippine government against Muslim rebels.
He said the US military is using Orion spy planes and Predator drones to help Philippine troops monitor the movements of the Muslim rebels.
Marwan also mentioned a “J” among them, apparently referring to a member of the regional terror network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).
The JI was tagged in the 2002 Bali bombings where 202 people were killed.
“J” could also mean “jihadist,” someone engaged in a holy war against unbelievers of Islam.
In another email, Marwan said, “On July 10, 2006 approximately ten days after the death of A. Hashim, one squad of Special Action Forces (SAF) commandos, around 15 people, armed with M-4s, mini-M-60, 9mm pistols, 45 caliber pistols, night vision, and guided by government assets (spies) surrounded Lagu’s home with objective of capturing him (maybe alive).
“His house was broken into and the door got torn off. His wife and child were able to get out before the exchange of fire. Three of Lagu’s neighbors with Armalite rifles were able to assist until the attacking commandos withdrew. As a result, two commandos died, including team leader. One M-4 Armalite, one Taurus 9mm pistol, one .45 Norincol pistol, one night vision, one led diode flashlight, two M-60 belts with 200 rounds were seized.
“Lagu was asleep already in the house, protected by Allah. The people there took all of the spoils of war. Man! The rifles were new, the latest,” he said.
Rifles for sale
On Sept. 1, 2006, Rahmat reportedly wire transferred to Marwan the amount $5,500 through a Maybank account in the name of Minah binti Aogis Abd Aziz.
On or about Sept. 30, 2006, Zulkifli sent email to Rahmat, “If you have some available, please send a little bit more.”
“Over here people are ready to go to war. The US Orion spy plane has been circling the sky around the areas here during these past 3 to 4 days.”
Again Marwan wrote to his brother on Nov. 9, 2006, “We will know whether there will be a war or not by the 16th of November that would be the deadline for the Philippine government to submit the counter proposal to the MILF.”
Marwan also revealed corruption in the Philippine military.
“Commander A. Wahid says that there is a soldier who wants to sell a new .50 caliber for US$5,000. He said that he can only afford $2,000 and asked to find the remaining $3,000… The government assets (spies) at Pikit are regular people, not commanders. Among the five assets the other day, two of them died. One died three days after the Aug. 10th incident for stealing a motorcycle. He was caught by the locals and beaten to death. The other one died around two or three days before the Raya celebration, shot by an Armalite. The shooters were friends of Lagu’s neighbors,” he said.
On Feb. 9, 2007, Marwan sent Rahmat an email saying how some MILF commanders have double loyalties.
“Adan Abdula is the base commander of division 106. He has his left foot on the MILF, and his right foot on Datu Andal. When they have battle with Amer Umra Kato from division 105, his troops become Andal’s dogs merged with Andal’s troops. Was shot by someone...” Marwan said in referring to Andal Ampatuan, one of the accused in the Maguindanao massacre in 2009 and Kato, the leader of the breakaway Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters that vowed to go against the peace negotiations of the MILF with the Philippine government.
On March 6, 2007, Marwan sent an email to Rahmat telling him he was constantly on the run.
“The latest update I heard was that 17 died as martyrs and more than 60 soldiers were killed. The American soldiers operated unmanned Predator spy plane, which has been hovering around more than four times above Bngla’s house. I am currently mobile, moving from one place to another.”
Marwan later sent an email saying US spy planes were hovering over his area.
“Spy planes have been hovering over this area these past two days. There is a big (US Orion). There is a small one that looks like an eagle (Predator). This FM radio receiver has been picking up American voices during these past two days: ‘We are ready to launch.’”
Marwan said the Americans have joined the Filipino troops for joint exercise in his area.
“Do you still have the radio scanner that you used to have? How much does a set cost? The latest update is that more than twenty died as martyrs, more than 70 soldiers killed, and more than a hundred injured,” Marwan told his elder brother.
DNA sample
Zulkifli and Rahmat were charged in violation of a 9/11-inspired International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in the US.
Under this law, the US President has authority to “investigate, regulate, or prohibit” transactions involving “any property in which any foreign country or a national thereof has any interest by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.”
On Sept. 23, 2001, President George W. Bush, based on IEEPA, issued Executive Order No. 13224, entitled “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism” to address “the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and the Pentagon committed on Sept. 11, 2001” and “the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on US nationals or the United States.”
Without naming Rahmat as Zulkifli’s relative, the FBI could have used the DNA of Rahmat to match his brother’s based on the sentencing guidelines pronounced by Judge Jeremy Fogel of the US District Court in Northern California.
Fogel had ordered Rahmat to “cooperate in the collection of DNA as directed by the probation officer.”
The DNA sample provided by Rahmat was used to compare the biological sample supposedly taken from Zulkifli’s body in the Philippines.
Following a 20-minute hearing on Aug. 26, 2010, Fogel sentenced Rahmat to spend 120 months in a federal prison, three years’ supervised release and $100 special assessment fee.
Rahmat had pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists in the offense and dismissed the rest of the indictments returned by a grand jury on Aug. 1, 2007.
Had Rahmat gone to trial, he would have faced 15 years in prison and $250,000 fine if he were convicted on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.
Because Rahmat is “not considered a threat the United States,” Fogel said he “should be housed accordingly” and be “remanded to the Custody of the US Marshal” and his “appearance bond is hereby exonerated.”
Since Rahmat could not be deported because he is a US naturalized citizen, Fogel also ordered him to a three-year supervised release and report to the probation office in the district of release within 72 hours from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons.
Rahmat was also ordered to “not unlawfully possess a controlled substance” and “shall submit to one drug test within 15 days of release from imprisonment and two periodic drug tests.”
However, the “drug testing condition is suspended based on the court’s determination that the defendant poses a low risk of future substance abuse” and the “defendant shall not possess a firearm, ammunition, destructive device, or any other dangerous weapon.”
Rahmat, 51, is currently detained at the Federal Correctional Institution Lompoc, a low security institution in Lompoc, California. He is scheduled to be released on April 18, 2016.
Rahmat was indicted by a grand jury based on records unsealed on Aug. 1, 2007.
The indictments were based on a series of exchanges of email messages between Rahmat and Marwan “beginning on a date unknown and continuing through at least August 2007 in the Northern District of California and elsewhere.”
In sending terrorism materials, Rahmat used his sender’s names as “Sean Kasem, Sean Kalimin, Roy Kalimin and Salam A. Jabar” while he addressed the packages to his younger brother under the aliases as “Zulkifli Bin Abdul Hir, Hulagu, Holagu, Lagu, Marwan, Kulon, Musa Abdul, Musa Abdul Hir, Zulkifli Abdul Hir, Zulkifli bin Hir, Abdul Hir bin Zulkifli, Abdulhir Bin Hir and Bin Abdul Hir Zulkifli.”
Rahmat used his email address of ariman789@yahoo.com and sends his email to his brother under the email handles, ikankariman@yahoo.com and dutyfree97@yahoo.com.
In their email exchanges, Marwan wanted Rahmat to send him “accessories for firearms, backpacks, Insignia two-way radios, knives and publications about firearms” to the Philippines, using such codes as “iron” for firearms, “dogs” for government agents and “prizes and presents” for bombs or IEDs (improvised explosive devices).
Zulkifli was either born on Jan. 5, 1966 or Oct. 5, 1966 in Muar, Johor, Malaysia. He speaks Malaysian, English, Tagalog and Arabic. He was an engineer trained in the US. Zulkifli was said to be the head of Kumpulun Mujahidin Malaysia (KMM) terrorist organization and a ranking member of JI central command. He trained terrorist organizations in bomb making, including the notorious Abu Sayyaf in southern Philippines.
Source: Philippine Star
Muslims took of their shoes for peace
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Marawi City - These Maranaos took of their shows as a sign of submission and plea for the continuation of the hearing of Bangsamoro Basic Law and opposes the call of an "all-out-war". The Death of the PNP-SAF's Fallen 44 contributed to an outrage of an all-out-war after they have been 'massacred' from the cornfields in Mamasapano, Maguindanao.
Purisima resigned with a breaking statement
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Breaking News - Resigned Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima broke his silence last night, saying he provided the actionable information but was not in command of the Jan. 25 operation in Mamasapano, Maguindanao that left 44 police commandos dead.
“I was suspended. I was not in command. This was the role of the ground commander,” Purisima told GMA 7 News as he revealed that he provided the “intelligence packet” for the operation to get top terrorists Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan, and Abdul Basit Usman.
Purisima, whose resignation was accepted last night by President Aquino, thanked the chief executive for giving him the chance to serve. “It has been an honor and privilege,” he said, to have served the nation for over three decades.
He promised to face the Senate on Monday and denied accusations of wrongdoing that led to his six-month suspension on corruption charges by the Office of the Ombudsman.
Purisima, who would have reached the mandatory retirement age of 56 this November, denied that he was pressured to resign, saying he quit to give Aquino more room to act on the problems arising from the Mamasapano operation.
The resigned PNP chief also denied that he was with Aquino in Zamboanga City on Jan. 25, waiting for the SAF team to present the wanted terrorists. Purisima said he was a guest speaker the previous day in Nueva Ecija.
Asked if the United States played a role in the Mamasapano operation, Purisima invoked classified information and said, “Your information is as good as mine.”
Purisima also denied giving the SAF commander instructions to inform PNP officer-in-charge Leonardo Espina about the Mamasapano operation only when it was already underway. This was a decision of the ground commander, Purisima said.
He admitted that the successful operation to neutralize Marwan came at a steep price as he saluted the fallen SAF men. Purisima said he knew the risks the commandos took, being a former SAF officer himself.
He read the resignation letter he submitted to the President in which he reiterated his commitment to the straight path or tuwid na daan of the Aquino administration.
Purisima also expressed hope that the reforms he initiated as PNP chief would make a lasting impact as he promised to continue serving the nation in his capacity as a private citizen.
Asked what he planned to do upon his retirement, he said he wanted to go back to farming and breathe some fresh air. – Cecille Suerte Felipe
“I was suspended. I was not in command. This was the role of the ground commander,” Purisima told GMA 7 News as he revealed that he provided the “intelligence packet” for the operation to get top terrorists Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan, and Abdul Basit Usman.
Purisima, whose resignation was accepted last night by President Aquino, thanked the chief executive for giving him the chance to serve. “It has been an honor and privilege,” he said, to have served the nation for over three decades.
He promised to face the Senate on Monday and denied accusations of wrongdoing that led to his six-month suspension on corruption charges by the Office of the Ombudsman.
Purisima, who would have reached the mandatory retirement age of 56 this November, denied that he was pressured to resign, saying he quit to give Aquino more room to act on the problems arising from the Mamasapano operation.
The resigned PNP chief also denied that he was with Aquino in Zamboanga City on Jan. 25, waiting for the SAF team to present the wanted terrorists. Purisima said he was a guest speaker the previous day in Nueva Ecija.
Asked if the United States played a role in the Mamasapano operation, Purisima invoked classified information and said, “Your information is as good as mine.”
Purisima also denied giving the SAF commander instructions to inform PNP officer-in-charge Leonardo Espina about the Mamasapano operation only when it was already underway. This was a decision of the ground commander, Purisima said.
He admitted that the successful operation to neutralize Marwan came at a steep price as he saluted the fallen SAF men. Purisima said he knew the risks the commandos took, being a former SAF officer himself.
He read the resignation letter he submitted to the President in which he reiterated his commitment to the straight path or tuwid na daan of the Aquino administration.
Purisima also expressed hope that the reforms he initiated as PNP chief would make a lasting impact as he promised to continue serving the nation in his capacity as a private citizen.
Asked what he planned to do upon his retirement, he said he wanted to go back to farming and breathe some fresh air. – Cecille Suerte Felipe
Sources: Philippine Star, Yahoo
Watch Live: Aquino's second address to the Filipinos
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Malacañang - The President of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III has given his second speech live today amid the on-going controversy of the Mamasapano Clash/incident between the Moro rebels and the PNP-SAF.
Live HD video coverage of the speech (Aired February 6, 2015, 7:04 pm)
Because of the audio problem from the start until 3 minutes and 2 seconds, here's a full text version of the speech:
Hindi po madali ang landas tungo sa kapayapaan. Marami nang Pilipino ang nagbuwis ng buhay para labanan ang mga nais magpatuloy ang dahas at hidwaan. Ang pinakaayaw magkaroon ng digmaan ay ang mga pulis at sundalo, dahil sila ang una at pinakamalaki ang sakripisyo kapag nagkagulo. At bilang Pangulo at Commander-in-Chief, pasan ko naman po ang responsibilidad para sa anumang resulta, sa anumang tagumpay, pasakit, o trahedya, na maaari nating matamasa sa paghahangad ng pangmatagalang seguridad at kapayapaan.
Noong ika-24 ng Enero, nagsagawa ng operasyon ang ating Special Action Force sa Mamasapano, Maguindanao. Target nila ang dalawang kilabot na terorista: Pangunahin ang Malaysian na si Zulkifli Bin Hir, alias Abu Marwan, at si Basit Usman. Tagumpay po ang operasyon laban kay Marwan.
Mabigat ang naging kapalit ng tagumpay na ito. 44 na bayani ng Special Action Force ang nagbuwis ng buhay. Sa mga pamilya ng nasawi: Noong nakaraang Biyernes po, nakiusap akong makapanayam kayo, at salamat naman at pinagbigyan ninyo ako, sa panahong puwede ko na kayong makausap nang may dalang sapat na kaalaman sa nangyari, at mga mungkahi para sa inyong kinabukasan. At gaya po ng responsibilidad ko sa inyong mga mahal sa buhay, responsibilidad ko rin kayo; tungkulin kong siguruhing masusuklian nang tama ang sakripisyo ng inyong mga kaanak. Iyon pa rin po ang panata ko sa inyo: Sa nalalabi kong labimpitong buwan sa puwesto, ginagawa ko na at gagawin ko pa ang lahat ng nararapat para tiyaking nasa maayos ang inyong kalagayan.
Ako ang Ama ng Bayan, at 44 sa aking mga anak ang nasawi. Hindi na sila maibabalik; nangyari ang trahedya sa ilalim ng aking panunungkulan; dadalhin ko po hanggang sa huling mga araw ko ang pangyayaring ito. Responsibilidad ko po sila, kasama ang buong puwersa ng SAF sa operasyong ito, pati na ang mga nagligtas sa kanila na nalagay din sa panganib ang buhay.
Ang mga teroristang tulad nina Marwan at Usman ay walang-pakundangan at walang-konsensiyang pumapatay ng mga inosente, kaya sadyang mapanganib ang tugisin sila. International terrorist po itong si Marwan, na matagal nang pinaghahanap hindi lang natin, kundi pati ng ibang bansa. Hindi natin inaasahan na para silang maamong tupang basta na lang sasama kapag pinakitaan mo ng warrant.
Sa mga operasyong iniuulat sa atin, parati nating binabalikan ang mga leksiyon o aral na dala nito, lalo na kung tayo’y nalalagasan ng tropa. Kaya nga po, patuloy ang pagtatanong ko: Mayroon pa bang maaaring nagawa, para naiwasan sana ang trahedya?
2002 pa po wanted sina Marwan at Usman. Marami nang operasyon para tugisin sila, bago pa tayo maging Pangulo. Itong pinakahuling bersiyon ng plano ay makailang ulit na rin pong in-abort. Tulad ninyo, gusto ko ring malaman ang buong nangyari sa pagkakataong ito, at buo ang tiwala kong lilitaw ito sa isang masusi at walang-kinikilingang imbestigasyon ng Board of Inquiry. Inaabangan po natin ang resulta nito. Pero bilang Pangulo, kasama po sa aking responsibilidad ang matukoy, ngayon na, ang mga nangyaring mali, upang maitama agad ito. Tungkulin kong mahanap ang katarungan sa lalong madaling panahon.
Dahil nga po dito, nagsagawa ako ng sariling pagsisiyasat at panayam sa mga kasama sa operasyong ito. Malinaw pong lumalabas: Malayo na ang sitwasyong dinatnan ng mga tropa, sa inasahan sa plano.
Mulat po dapat dito ang commander ng operasyon, lalo pa’t matagal siyang nakadestino sa Mindanao. Inaasahan sa kanya ang tinatawag na situational awareness. Bilang commander, siya ang nakakaalam ng kabuuang plano, at sa mga panganib na dala nito; siya ang unang nakakaalam kung naipapatupad ito nang tama. Alam niya dapat ang nangyayari sa bawat sandali.
Sa ating pag-aaral sa talagang nangyari, dahil nga malaki na ang ipinagbago ng sitwasyong dinatnan sa inaasahan na plano, may di-bababa sa tatlong pagkakataon kung kailan maaaring in-abort o pinagpaliban ang operasyon, o di kaya’y binago nang husto ang plano. Tumindi pa ang pangangailangang gawin iyon, dahil alam niyang walang koordinasyon sa inaasahang ayuda, at manipis, kung mayroon man, ang maitutulong ng Sandatahang Lakas dahil walang sapat na panahon na makapaghanda.
Bakit nangyaring walang koordinasyon? Bakit itinuloy ang misyon gayong napakalihis na nito sa orihinal na plano, at napakalaking peligro na ang kinakaharap ng ating mga tropa? Iyan po, at marami pang iba, ang mga tanong na bumabagabag sa aking isip. Magkakaroon po ng pagkakataon ang dating SAF commander na ipaliwanag ang mga ito sa kanyang pagharap sa kinauukulan.
Naging malaking bahagi din po ng layunin nating tugisin sina Marwan at Usman ang papel ni General Alan Purisima. Marami siyang iniambag sa mahabang proseso at maraming operasyon na pinlano para dito. Hindi rin naman po lingid sa kaalaman ng publiko na mahaba ang aming pinagdaanan. Noon pong coup d’etat, o iyong attempted coup d’etat ng 1987, panatag ang loob ko bago kami na-ambush na may sapat na kakayahan ang aming security personnel. Dahil nga po halos naubos ang mga kasamahan ko, nayanig ang aking kompiyansa. Si Alan Purisima po ang nag-design, nagpatupad, nagtrain sa amin ng isang modified VIP protection course; malaki ang naitulong nito sa panunumbalik ng aking kompiyansa. Mula noon, hanggang ngayon, marami kaming pinagdaanan; kasama ko siya sa pakikipagtunggali sa mga makapangyarihang interes na maaari kaming ipahamak. Noong mga panahong bahagi ako ng oposisyon, bagama’t peligroso sa kanyang karera ang pagiging malapit sa akin, hindi po ako iniwan ni Alan.
Kaya nga po, siguro naman ay maiintindihan ninyo kung bakit masakit para sa akin na aalis siya sa serbisyo sa ilalim ng ganitong pagkakataon. Tinatanggap ko po, effective immediately, ang resignation ni General Purisima. At nagpapasalamat ako sa mahabang panahon ng kanyang paglilingkod bago mangyari ang trahedyang ito.
Tinitiyak ko naman po sa inyo: Ginagawa natin ang lahat para malaman ang buong katotohanan. Anumang mabubuong ulat ay magbibigay sa atin ng mahahalagang aral, upang masigurong hindi na mauulit pa ang trahedyang ito. Magkakaroon ng mga pagbabago.
Ginagampanan ko, at gagampanan ko pa ang aking mga tungkulin. Kailangang ibangon muli ang morale ng mga tropa ng Special Action Force. Kailangang maibalik ang kanilang kalagayan bilang isang fully operational unit. Bagama’t may gustong gumawa ng hidwaan sa pagitan ng AFP at PNP, titiyakin nating hindi sila magtatagumpay; hindi dapat masayang ang napakaganda na nilang ugnayan, na nakikita na natin na natin sa rescue operations tuwing may kalamidad, o sa iba pang mga operasyon kung saan magkatuwang silang rumeresponde sa mga banta sa ating seguridad, tulad ng nangyari sa Zamboanga siege. Alalahanin po natin, hindi pa tapos ang ating trabaho: Malaya pa si Usman.
Sa mga kasapi at liderato ng MILF: Mula pa noong umpisa, tinuturing ko kayo bilang mga kapatid sa paghahangad ng kapayapaan. At hanggang ngayon, umaasa ako na tutulong kayo na hanapin ang hustisya; kailangang panagutin ang lahat ng may sala, lalo na kung totoong may mga sugatan at hindi makalaban na tuluyan pa ring pinatay. Magandang unang hakbang ang pagkilos ninyo upang limitahan ang kilos ng BIFF.
Ukol naman kay Usman, nais kong ipahayag: Kung nasa loob siya ng inyong teritoryo o nasa ilalim siya ng pangangalaga ng sinuman sa inyo, inaasahan kong isusuko ninyo siya sa mga awtoridad. Kung hindi, ay gawin ang lahat upang tumulong sa pagdakip sa kanya. At kung hindi pa rin maaari ito, ay huwag makialam sa aming pag-uusig kay Usman.
Magsilbi sana itong babala at paalala: Huhulihin namin si Usman, anuman ang maging desisyon ninyo, sino man ang kumukupkop sa kanya, at saan man siya nagtatago. Walang dapat magduda: Magkatuwang ang adhikain natin para sa kapayapaan at katarungan. Sa mga naliligaw naman ng landas, na magtatangka pang humadlang sa pagtugis namin kay Usman, tandaan na ninyo: Estado ang kalaban ninyo, at sasagasaan namin kayo.
Sa mga miyembro ng ating unipormadong hanay: Kasama ninyo kami, sa harap, tabi, o likod man, kung saan ninyo kami kailangan; anumang hihilingin sa inyo, handa kaming gawin ito kasama ninyo. Sinisiguro ko sa inyo: Hindi kayo nag-iisa.
Muli po, sa mga pamilya ng nasawing kasapi ng SAF: Walang salitang sasapat upang ibsan ang sakit ng nawalan. Sa bawat isa sa inyo, at sa bawat isang nalalagay sa peligro ang buhay, tulad ng sinabi sa amin ng bayang Pilipino noong kami’y naulila, sinasabi ko sa inyo ngayon: Hindi rin kayo nag-iisa.
Sa lahat po ng nakikisanib sa atin sa paghahangad ng kapayapaan: Desidido kaming ituloy ang laban. At gusto ko rin naman pong sabihin sa mga humaharang sa ating adhikain, lalo na ang mga gumagamit ng dahas: Itaga ninyo sa bato, lalo pa ninyong madarama ang pinatalas at pinatinding lakas ng nagkakaisang sambayanang Pilipino.
Manatili sana tayong nakatutok sa ating pangunahing layunin: Ang malawakan at pangmatagalang kapayapaan. Ito ang ipinaglaban ng Special Action Force sa Mamasapano. Ito ang patuloy na ipinaglalaban ng bawat disenteng Pilipinong gustong mag-iwan ng mas magandang kinabukasan para sa mga susunod na henerasyon. Sa pamamagitan ng pagkakaisa at pagtutulungan, matatamo natin ang katarungan, masusuklian natin ang sakripisyo ng ating kapulisan, at matutupad natin ang ating kolektibong mga pangarap.
Magandang gabi po, maraming salamat sa inyong lahat. - Source: Philippine Star
Noong ika-24 ng Enero, nagsagawa ng operasyon ang ating Special Action Force sa Mamasapano, Maguindanao. Target nila ang dalawang kilabot na terorista: Pangunahin ang Malaysian na si Zulkifli Bin Hir, alias Abu Marwan, at si Basit Usman. Tagumpay po ang operasyon laban kay Marwan.
Mabigat ang naging kapalit ng tagumpay na ito. 44 na bayani ng Special Action Force ang nagbuwis ng buhay. Sa mga pamilya ng nasawi: Noong nakaraang Biyernes po, nakiusap akong makapanayam kayo, at salamat naman at pinagbigyan ninyo ako, sa panahong puwede ko na kayong makausap nang may dalang sapat na kaalaman sa nangyari, at mga mungkahi para sa inyong kinabukasan. At gaya po ng responsibilidad ko sa inyong mga mahal sa buhay, responsibilidad ko rin kayo; tungkulin kong siguruhing masusuklian nang tama ang sakripisyo ng inyong mga kaanak. Iyon pa rin po ang panata ko sa inyo: Sa nalalabi kong labimpitong buwan sa puwesto, ginagawa ko na at gagawin ko pa ang lahat ng nararapat para tiyaking nasa maayos ang inyong kalagayan.
Ako ang Ama ng Bayan, at 44 sa aking mga anak ang nasawi. Hindi na sila maibabalik; nangyari ang trahedya sa ilalim ng aking panunungkulan; dadalhin ko po hanggang sa huling mga araw ko ang pangyayaring ito. Responsibilidad ko po sila, kasama ang buong puwersa ng SAF sa operasyong ito, pati na ang mga nagligtas sa kanila na nalagay din sa panganib ang buhay.
Ang mga teroristang tulad nina Marwan at Usman ay walang-pakundangan at walang-konsensiyang pumapatay ng mga inosente, kaya sadyang mapanganib ang tugisin sila. International terrorist po itong si Marwan, na matagal nang pinaghahanap hindi lang natin, kundi pati ng ibang bansa. Hindi natin inaasahan na para silang maamong tupang basta na lang sasama kapag pinakitaan mo ng warrant.
Sa mga operasyong iniuulat sa atin, parati nating binabalikan ang mga leksiyon o aral na dala nito, lalo na kung tayo’y nalalagasan ng tropa. Kaya nga po, patuloy ang pagtatanong ko: Mayroon pa bang maaaring nagawa, para naiwasan sana ang trahedya?
2002 pa po wanted sina Marwan at Usman. Marami nang operasyon para tugisin sila, bago pa tayo maging Pangulo. Itong pinakahuling bersiyon ng plano ay makailang ulit na rin pong in-abort. Tulad ninyo, gusto ko ring malaman ang buong nangyari sa pagkakataong ito, at buo ang tiwala kong lilitaw ito sa isang masusi at walang-kinikilingang imbestigasyon ng Board of Inquiry. Inaabangan po natin ang resulta nito. Pero bilang Pangulo, kasama po sa aking responsibilidad ang matukoy, ngayon na, ang mga nangyaring mali, upang maitama agad ito. Tungkulin kong mahanap ang katarungan sa lalong madaling panahon.
Dahil nga po dito, nagsagawa ako ng sariling pagsisiyasat at panayam sa mga kasama sa operasyong ito. Malinaw pong lumalabas: Malayo na ang sitwasyong dinatnan ng mga tropa, sa inasahan sa plano.
Mulat po dapat dito ang commander ng operasyon, lalo pa’t matagal siyang nakadestino sa Mindanao. Inaasahan sa kanya ang tinatawag na situational awareness. Bilang commander, siya ang nakakaalam ng kabuuang plano, at sa mga panganib na dala nito; siya ang unang nakakaalam kung naipapatupad ito nang tama. Alam niya dapat ang nangyayari sa bawat sandali.
Sa ating pag-aaral sa talagang nangyari, dahil nga malaki na ang ipinagbago ng sitwasyong dinatnan sa inaasahan na plano, may di-bababa sa tatlong pagkakataon kung kailan maaaring in-abort o pinagpaliban ang operasyon, o di kaya’y binago nang husto ang plano. Tumindi pa ang pangangailangang gawin iyon, dahil alam niyang walang koordinasyon sa inaasahang ayuda, at manipis, kung mayroon man, ang maitutulong ng Sandatahang Lakas dahil walang sapat na panahon na makapaghanda.
Bakit nangyaring walang koordinasyon? Bakit itinuloy ang misyon gayong napakalihis na nito sa orihinal na plano, at napakalaking peligro na ang kinakaharap ng ating mga tropa? Iyan po, at marami pang iba, ang mga tanong na bumabagabag sa aking isip. Magkakaroon po ng pagkakataon ang dating SAF commander na ipaliwanag ang mga ito sa kanyang pagharap sa kinauukulan.
Naging malaking bahagi din po ng layunin nating tugisin sina Marwan at Usman ang papel ni General Alan Purisima. Marami siyang iniambag sa mahabang proseso at maraming operasyon na pinlano para dito. Hindi rin naman po lingid sa kaalaman ng publiko na mahaba ang aming pinagdaanan. Noon pong coup d’etat, o iyong attempted coup d’etat ng 1987, panatag ang loob ko bago kami na-ambush na may sapat na kakayahan ang aming security personnel. Dahil nga po halos naubos ang mga kasamahan ko, nayanig ang aking kompiyansa. Si Alan Purisima po ang nag-design, nagpatupad, nagtrain sa amin ng isang modified VIP protection course; malaki ang naitulong nito sa panunumbalik ng aking kompiyansa. Mula noon, hanggang ngayon, marami kaming pinagdaanan; kasama ko siya sa pakikipagtunggali sa mga makapangyarihang interes na maaari kaming ipahamak. Noong mga panahong bahagi ako ng oposisyon, bagama’t peligroso sa kanyang karera ang pagiging malapit sa akin, hindi po ako iniwan ni Alan.
Kaya nga po, siguro naman ay maiintindihan ninyo kung bakit masakit para sa akin na aalis siya sa serbisyo sa ilalim ng ganitong pagkakataon. Tinatanggap ko po, effective immediately, ang resignation ni General Purisima. At nagpapasalamat ako sa mahabang panahon ng kanyang paglilingkod bago mangyari ang trahedyang ito.
Tinitiyak ko naman po sa inyo: Ginagawa natin ang lahat para malaman ang buong katotohanan. Anumang mabubuong ulat ay magbibigay sa atin ng mahahalagang aral, upang masigurong hindi na mauulit pa ang trahedyang ito. Magkakaroon ng mga pagbabago.
Ginagampanan ko, at gagampanan ko pa ang aking mga tungkulin. Kailangang ibangon muli ang morale ng mga tropa ng Special Action Force. Kailangang maibalik ang kanilang kalagayan bilang isang fully operational unit. Bagama’t may gustong gumawa ng hidwaan sa pagitan ng AFP at PNP, titiyakin nating hindi sila magtatagumpay; hindi dapat masayang ang napakaganda na nilang ugnayan, na nakikita na natin na natin sa rescue operations tuwing may kalamidad, o sa iba pang mga operasyon kung saan magkatuwang silang rumeresponde sa mga banta sa ating seguridad, tulad ng nangyari sa Zamboanga siege. Alalahanin po natin, hindi pa tapos ang ating trabaho: Malaya pa si Usman.
Sa mga kasapi at liderato ng MILF: Mula pa noong umpisa, tinuturing ko kayo bilang mga kapatid sa paghahangad ng kapayapaan. At hanggang ngayon, umaasa ako na tutulong kayo na hanapin ang hustisya; kailangang panagutin ang lahat ng may sala, lalo na kung totoong may mga sugatan at hindi makalaban na tuluyan pa ring pinatay. Magandang unang hakbang ang pagkilos ninyo upang limitahan ang kilos ng BIFF.
Ukol naman kay Usman, nais kong ipahayag: Kung nasa loob siya ng inyong teritoryo o nasa ilalim siya ng pangangalaga ng sinuman sa inyo, inaasahan kong isusuko ninyo siya sa mga awtoridad. Kung hindi, ay gawin ang lahat upang tumulong sa pagdakip sa kanya. At kung hindi pa rin maaari ito, ay huwag makialam sa aming pag-uusig kay Usman.
Magsilbi sana itong babala at paalala: Huhulihin namin si Usman, anuman ang maging desisyon ninyo, sino man ang kumukupkop sa kanya, at saan man siya nagtatago. Walang dapat magduda: Magkatuwang ang adhikain natin para sa kapayapaan at katarungan. Sa mga naliligaw naman ng landas, na magtatangka pang humadlang sa pagtugis namin kay Usman, tandaan na ninyo: Estado ang kalaban ninyo, at sasagasaan namin kayo.
Sa mga miyembro ng ating unipormadong hanay: Kasama ninyo kami, sa harap, tabi, o likod man, kung saan ninyo kami kailangan; anumang hihilingin sa inyo, handa kaming gawin ito kasama ninyo. Sinisiguro ko sa inyo: Hindi kayo nag-iisa.
Muli po, sa mga pamilya ng nasawing kasapi ng SAF: Walang salitang sasapat upang ibsan ang sakit ng nawalan. Sa bawat isa sa inyo, at sa bawat isang nalalagay sa peligro ang buhay, tulad ng sinabi sa amin ng bayang Pilipino noong kami’y naulila, sinasabi ko sa inyo ngayon: Hindi rin kayo nag-iisa.
Sa lahat po ng nakikisanib sa atin sa paghahangad ng kapayapaan: Desidido kaming ituloy ang laban. At gusto ko rin naman pong sabihin sa mga humaharang sa ating adhikain, lalo na ang mga gumagamit ng dahas: Itaga ninyo sa bato, lalo pa ninyong madarama ang pinatalas at pinatinding lakas ng nagkakaisang sambayanang Pilipino.
Manatili sana tayong nakatutok sa ating pangunahing layunin: Ang malawakan at pangmatagalang kapayapaan. Ito ang ipinaglaban ng Special Action Force sa Mamasapano. Ito ang patuloy na ipinaglalaban ng bawat disenteng Pilipinong gustong mag-iwan ng mas magandang kinabukasan para sa mga susunod na henerasyon. Sa pamamagitan ng pagkakaisa at pagtutulungan, matatamo natin ang katarungan, masusuklian natin ang sakripisyo ng ating kapulisan, at matutupad natin ang ating kolektibong mga pangarap.
Magandang gabi po, maraming salamat sa inyong lahat. - Source: Philippine Star
Marwan's Bounty could go to 2 MILF members
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This news really made me laugh. The 6-million US dollar bounty of Marwan's death goes to the 2 MILF (Moro-Islamic Liberation Front) so-called whistleblowers?
What about the families of the Fallen 44 who did all the hard work? This news, aside from being funny is fishy at the same time. There's a conspiracy involved in here, are the rebels playing the Filipino people with their hands?
There is rumor that the raid on Marwan's territory was all because of the multimillion bounty. If this is true, this could link up to why the MILF should get the bounty. What would they do with the all the money?
1. It would be either that the 2 MILFs will live in a luxury
2. It will fund the uprising of the rebels.
3. There is a higher rank in the government behind this and wants to get the profit of money and control over the rebels
As long as the investigation goes on, the truth shall prevail. But in our system, we can't be sure if the truth is just a cloaked lie. If this is just all about the bounty, better give it to the families of the Fallen 44 PNP-SAF.
Politicians taking advantage of Mamasapano incident
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According to Sen. Trillanes, some politicians are taking advantage of the Mamasapano incident against President Benigno Aquino III.
This is a possibility, knowing that the present president of the Philippines has made lots of enemies because of how many politicians went to prison during his reign. If I am an enemy of the current president, I would use this issue as an advantage to push on the impeachment propaganda. Impeachment of a president due to the miscoordination of the raid on Mamasapano is absurd.
In war, there will always be casualties, a president may be the Commander-in-Chief but the rest goes with the direct command of the higher ranking officials and its men. If we blame the president for this incident, it is like saying he used a joystick and he controlled the Fallen 44 PNP-SAF and led them to death.
This issue is a good strategy to use against the president in order for him to be impeached. But Filipinos should think ahead, who will replace the president if he gets impeached? Won't that make the situation worst?
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