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| Troops amass in Manila | ||
| 2003-08-03 | ||
| This ainât good - seems thereâs more discontent than was first let on? Support units have been pouring into the Philippine military headquarters in Manila amid continuing threats to President Gloria Arroyoâs presidency, officials said on Sunday. Camp commander Commodore Tirso Danga said troops were prepared and the camp was on the second tier of a three-step alert level, despite the fact there have so far been no reports of specific threats. "All measures are in place for any eventuality. All is well. Our troops can sleep, but are on the alert always," Danga said. "Nothing to see here. All is well. Go about your business..." At least two battallions of support troops from nearby camps were seen trucked into the Camp Aguinaldo, in suburban Quezon city north of Manila. They were fully armed with assault rifles and other high-calibre weapons. "all is well" An official with the unit, who declined to be named, said the troops came from a neighbouring camp and were told to be prepared for possible threats. On Saturday, President Arroyo said a "state of rebellion" she declared at the height of a 22-hour uprising by some 300 rebel soldiers on July 27 would not yet be lifted. She said there remained "residual threats" to her government, confirming statements made by military officials earlier that the mutineers still had unnamed military and civilian conspirators at large. During congressional inquiries last week, military officials accused the rebel soldiers of planning to create a 15-man military junta to rule the country if Arroyo had been ousted. Five junior military officers who allegedly led the rebellion were detained at the military intelligence headquarters, but have been prevented by the military leadership from testifying before congress for security reasons.
Took em a while to get back to the corruption of the Marcos days huh? Sounds like a real house-cleaning is in order. | ||
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #7 Wanting to tie down the Soviets to their own little Vietnam war, the CIA recruited and trained thousands of Islamic militants to support the Afghan resistance against the Soviet invasion forces. Worked pretty good - the Soviets are out of Afghanistan, aren't they? Killed two birds with one stone - the war sapped Russian strength and reduced the number of Islamic crazies. Of course, the anti-American squad will say that the Islamic crazies existed because of us. Trust me - Islamic crazies and would-be Mahdis (Muslim Messiahs) pre-exist the founding of the Republic and, like roaches, may even outlive the Republic. The countries of origin of the nutjobs were glad to see them go to Afghanistan. For every jihadi who left, there was one less internal security problem to worry about. Note that we also supplied the Soviets through their darkest days in WWII. Khrushchev himself acknowledged they could not have survived the Nazi onslaught without massive shipments of American supplies. In the postwar period, the Soviet not only showed no gratitude, they began a covert onslaught against our allies that lasted 50 years. Our experience with the Islamic crazies, as with the Soviets, is that no good deed goes unpunished. But that's the nature of geopolitics - gratitude is a vanishingly rare commodity - both Muslim fanatics and the Soviets took the view that they have no permanent friends, only permanent interests. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-8-3 11:09:08 PM |
| #6 Big suckers, too - more 'n 20 yrs old. |
| Posted by: ·com 2003-8-3 6:49:51 PM |
| #5 Rats in the belfry... |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-8-3 3:04:09 PM |
| #4 Blinders Off hoss! I forgot to mention the Abu Sayyaf rebels,who were initially recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency as mujahideens to fight the U.S. proxy war in Afghanistan in the â80s. Wanting to tie down the Soviets to their own little Vietnam war, the CIA recruited and trained thousands of Islamic militants to support the Afghan resistance against the Soviet invasion forces. The American quarterly Foreign Affairs reported that some 35,000 Muslim militants from 40 countries -- including the Philippines -- took part in the Afghan jihad. Related historical accounts said among the recruits was Osama bin Laden, now the U.S.âs No. 1 âterrorist enemy.â The mujahideens, freshly trained by the U.S and armed with U.S. weapons,returned to Mindanao after the Afghan war to form the core of the resitance that Arro yoyo is afraid of. Rats in the attic, rats in the basement, rats in the yard. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-8-3 2:40:36 PM |
| #3 You forgot to mention the Illuminati and the Black Helicopters, Anonymous. Tinfoil beanie need another layer? Remember, shiny side out! |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2003-8-3 12:18:11 PM |
| #2 Took em a while to get back to the corruption of the Marcos days huh? Sounds like a real house-cleaning is in order. Only if Bush's Carlyle Group buddy Fidel Ramos tells him its a good idea. Sounds like a real house-cleaning is in order. Yes. Our house. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-8-3 12:12:59 PM |
| #1 ...Starting my stopwatch to see how long it takes before we start hearing the calls that we 'must' intervene in the PI. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2003-8-3 10:54:30 AM |