Around 4,500 government troops are poised to contain about 150 Abu Sayyaf bandits and rogue Moro National Liberation Front forces in one area in Sulu to prevent the military offensives from spilling over, the Armed Forces said yesterday.
Another battalion is set to arrive in Sulu this week.
“Our troops in the area, particularly those under Task Force Comet, continue to run after the group…We do believe that they are in the general vicinity of the area,” Armed Forces public information office chief Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro told a press briefing yesterday.
“We do believe that they (Abu Sayyaf and rogue MNLF members) remain intact,” said Bacarro.
The Abu Sayyaf and rogue MNLF forces were responsible for the death of 26 Army soldiers and wounding nine in skirmishes in Maimbung and Indanan towns Thursday.
The military claimed 27 Abu Sayyaf members were killed but troops have recovered only five bodies.
Punitive military actions against members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and lawless elements responsible for the beheading of 10 of 14 slain Marines last July 10 are also into high gear in Basilan.
Bacarro said Task Force Comet commander Maj. Gen. Ruben Rafael has poured in forces from the 35th Infantry Battalion in Sulu to augment the 33rd IB.
On whether the military expects an armed contact with enemy forces in the coming days, Bacarro said: “I can’t say, only the operational commander can say the tempo on the ground.”
Asked if the military expects the operations to drag on, Bacarro said: “The chief of staff (Gen. Hermogenes Esperon) said that as much as possible, if it’s possible that we can resolve, put an end to this group earlier, the better for us.”
Army chief Lt. Gen. Romeo Tolentino flew to Sulu Sunday on orders of President Arroyo to help orchestrate the offensives.
Bacarro said there were reports that one of three Abu Sayyaf leaders based in Sulu identified as Umbra Jumdail alias Dr. Abu Pula was wounded in one of the skirmishes Thursday. The other ASG leaders are Radullan Sahiron and Albader Parad.
“With the validated report that Dr. Abu was wounded during one of the encounters, definitely this will have an effect on their movement. They won’t be leaving their commander so definitely it will have an impact on their movement,” he said.
At the National Security Council meeting, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro assured lawmakers that government is focused on preserving peace talks with MILF and the MNLF.
He said while more than 4,000 troops have already been deployed in Western Mindanao, the government is taking steps to prevent the GRP-MILF peace talks from breaking down.
Esperon told lawmakers that the AFP is prepared to send more troops in Mindanao, even pulling out units in Luzon and Visayas, if needed.
He said the presence of the troops is an effective deterrent against the Abu Sayyaf and other lawless elements.
In Sulu alone, the AFP has already deployed four Marine battalions, three infantry battalions, one Special Forces unit, one Scout Ranger unit and a component of the Light Reaction Company in addition to the naval and air force components and a new battalion from Panay.
Esperon gave assurance of the military’s support for the peace process.
“We will go all-out against Abu Sayyaf and for … those who terrorize and make hostage the southern Philippines, we shall go out against them. But for those who show remorse and join us in the peace process, we are just too willing to be with them in the negotiation table,” he said.
Esperon said about 8,000 people from Basilan and Sulu have been affected by the offensives, but they are being assisted by the government and other concerned groups, including the United States.
He said the US has been helping in the humanitarian aspect and even providing technical capability, although the AFP has not specifically asked for it.
He admitted that there have been more checkpoints in Basilan and Sulu since the full-scale operations but stressed that no curfew is being imposed.
He said there is an existing gun ban, however, which aside from being supported by the local government officials from Basilan and Sulu, should continuously be implemented in coordination with the police.
He said the gun ban does not intend to disarm the MILF or MNLF, although their members must comply with the ban when “they go to the roads and public places.”
“It’s easier to distinguish among combatants, when there is gun ban. When you do not abide by the gun ban, then you could be considered as the enemy,” he said.
Asked how long the operations and the restrictions would last, Esperon said “we have stabilized the situation but it is critical.”
“Stable because we can hold all the major arteries, business is ongoing, the people can go about their lives. But there can be provocateurs, meaning people who do not really want this in Mindanao. They could provoke and probably instigate a fight between us and the MILF. So that could happen,” he added.
President Arroyo convened the NSC around 10 a.m.
In attendance were Vice President Noli de Castro, Senate President Manuel Villar Jr., Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., Senators Edgardo Angara, Rodolfo Biazon, Juan Ponce Enrile, Gregorio Honasan, Aquilino Pimentel Jr., Richard Gordon, and Francis Pangilinan, and Representatives Ronaldo Zamora, Raul del Mar and Simeon Datumanong.
Also present were Cabinet secretaries Teodoro, Arturo Brion (labor), Raul Gonzalez (justice), Ronaldo Puno (interior and local government), Alberto Romulo (foreign affairs) and Margarito Teves (finance), Esperon and PNP chief Oscar Calderon.
Basilan and Sulu were represented in the NSC by Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan and Rep. Yusop Jikiri, and Basilan Gov. Jum Jainuddin Akbar and Rep. Wahab Akbar. – With Jocelyn Montemayor and Dennis Gadil
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From concerned citizen of basilan,
1. Governor Wahab Akbar of the Province of Basilan, was recently engaged in the massive illegal procurement of high-powered firearms and distributed the same to prospective assassins, known notorious killers, criminals and hoodlums, including possibly a number of the Abu Sayyaf Group in the different municipalities in Basilan, specifically the municipalities of: Tipo-Tipo, Al Barkah, Ungkaya Pukan, Sumisip, Maluso, Lantawan, Akbar, and Mohammad Ajul.
2. The said armaments included four (4) units of 81mm Mortars; four (4) units 90RRs (Recoilless Rifles) an anti-vehicles and anti-personnel use tubes; one (1) sniper rifle meant to assassinate Wahab’s political opponents; and several hundreds of M16s (automatic assault rifles), M60 rifles (sub-machineguns) and M203s (grenade launchers).
3. More or less the said firearms amounted to roughly P279M, which amounts were undoubtedly squandered from the National Government funds released to the Province through the provincial government office, the provincial government funds allocation from the ARMM, the provincial government Loan from the PNB and the Province’s monthly internal revenue allotment (IRA).
4. Governor Akbar figured on several instances in codling criminal elements in the Province. For instance, on October 30, 2005, a certain Majang Apalin was arrested for a crime of murder (Criminal Case No. 3293-256) by elements of the PNP led by Police Senior Inspector Chritopher W. Panapan in the town of Lamitan. In less than two hours, Basilan Provincial Police Director Andulwahab Karimuddin, on order of Governor Akbar, took the subject criminal into his custody and released the same instantly without being committed to the court as required by law. Almost instantly, Inspector Panapan and five police officers who constituted the arresting team were ordered relieved from the Lamitan Police Station upon the instruction of Gov. Akbar.
Another incident that manifests Governor Akbar’s intimacy with the criminal elements took place when a certain Naim Latip (Criminal Case Nos. 4472-1012 for murder; and 4473-1013 for frustrated murder) was arrested by a police team in Lamitan, Basilan, on October 25, 2006, also led by PSI Christopher W. Panapan. For this reason, Gov. Akbar again requested the Police Provincial Director, Col. Binuddin, to relieve PSI Panapan in the guise of assigning the latter as the Operation Officer and later Assistant Provincial Director at the PNP Provincial Office in Isabela City, and SPO2 Ramon Lahaman as personal security of the governor, but the truth this was a scheme to prevent the said police officers from continuously effecting the arrest of wanted criminals who are the governor’s protégé. This is not to mention that Governor Akbar was likewise directly engaged in manipulating the safe released of the Abu Sayyaf Group who were trapped at the Jose Ma. Torres Hospital in Lamitan town way back in 2001.
The corrupt Arroyo regime sends the military in harm’s way. The Armed Forces of the Philippines cannot launch an effective offensives with conditions to respect MILF territories or the expanded ancestral domain in Moslem Mindanao regions and GRP-MILF ceasefire guidelines in close consultation with the International Monitoring Team. What if Abu Sayyaf and rogue MILF partisans entered into Moro protected territories? Well, AFP chief Esperon then asked MILF permission first before the military firing a shot. These are ridiculous conditions set by bogus President Gloria Arroyo. What limited war in Basilan and Sulu? Guerilla warfare has no known boundaries.
It is generally thought that the way Hitler led his soldiers to be slaughtered was because he was mentally disturbed and eventually out of his depth and in panic as a leader of men who was losing the war.
Is it true that it takes 4,500 plus more professionally trained soldier of a National army to quell 150 rag tag rebels and that this is overkill of a military commander in panic mode also.
Could history be repeating itself? when hundreds and thousands of civilians suffered displacement and loss of life because a chief-of-staff is not up to the job, but hanging on until retirement comes, soon.
Akala ko ba isang bala lang ang Abus? Bakit ang daming ipapakatay ni Gloria sa mga Abus? Tip doon sa mga sundalong ipapadala sa Basilan, etc., kapag tinignan sila muna ng medic ng AFP kung OK ang mga kidneys, etc. nila, pihado in sila for the katay! Bizarre? Sinabi ninyo pa! “Truth is stranger than fiction,” sabi nga.
Kailangan ni Gloria ang human organs ng mga sundalo for her new export industry sa totoo lang.
Kawawang mga sundalo!
4,500 aganist 150? If the claim is true that one bullet is per head, then the AFP needs only 150 bullets to wipe out the 150 Abus. What an overkill? If the AFP still cannot win, then it better be called as Abus Forces of the Philippines.
Bago ito, human organs conspiracy ni Gloriang Tiyanak. Hindi pa tapos ang Hello Garci cheating conspiracy. Kawawang Pilipinas!
Sa kayabangan nitong sina Gloria at Esperon at magpapadala pa ng libong sundalo, pinagtatawanan na lang sila ng kalaban.
For all we know, by this time, the 150 Abus are no longer in the area. They may be in other provinces or in Manila already. I don’t profess to know about military tactics but what kind of tactics they are doing in announcing their plans including the movements of the troops. Gago talaga ako.
TP,
yung mga hinahabol nila sa basilan, di pa nila hinahabol nakalipat na ng ibang isla, may isang lugar sa tawi-tawi kung saan dun nagkakaroon ng taguan ang mga indonesian na yung baranggay na yun di pedeng mga civilian, di pinapayagan pumasok ng baranggay captain..ang lugar ng mga abu walang tumatabing sibilyan jan kaya kung talagang gusto nilang bombahin kayang-kaya kaso nga pag may opn na pinapawalan…
Actually the troop count is now 6,000. And another idiot Tongressman from Mababaw na Kapulungan, ex-general Tomas Dumpit is even suggesting that co-idiot Assperon call in American Forces to Sulu and Basilan and conduct Balikatan exercises there and benefit from the Americans’ wealth of experience in fighting terrorists and their superior war materiel.
Which leads to the questions:
1. Are these dumbasses saying that despite a heavily-lopsided troop ratio of 40:1, Assperon cannot win the war against a few insignificant ragtag rogues?
2. Is this stunt simply a ploy to remind Uncle Sam of the friggin little bitch’s unwavering commitment to the war on terror, thus any planned aid cuts by Condi’s boys and also those of Nancy’s boys in Congress be reversed immediately?
3. Or is it an admission of incompetence, plain and simple?
Answer: All of the above.
Our Almed, er, Armed Forces may not, can not, and will not win this war on their own. They need the Americans, Canadians, Japanese, Australians, hell, even Zimbabweans and Timbuktuans and the World Bank! to pulverize this band of smalltown, bigtime kidnappers aided by government officials and armed by the very same “enemy” who seeks to crush it.
Turningpoint: “I don’t profess to know about military tactics but what kind of tactics they are doing in announcing their plans including the movements of the troops. Gago talaga ako.”
Hahaha. Pareho pala tayong gago. Hindi lang gago, tanga pa.
Pambihira, Ellen, guys! Hanggang ngayon hindi pa rin natitinag!
Go to http://www.google.com.ph. In the search box, type “Sinungaling” and press the button “Sinuswerte ako”. The result from last year hasn’t changed!
Tongue. for the info of everyone, this Tomas Dumpit used to be a Military Official during the time of Marcos belonging to the feared Metrocom. He was in the company of Gen. Ver and then Col. Abadilla.
Palagay ko naman kayang-kaya na ni Pakyaw at ni Penalosa ang mga iyan 150 Abu bandits.Isang tao per round lang naman ay tumba na sila sa dalawa.Bakit 4,500 na sundalo pa ang kailangan.Sayang lang ang turing ni Pandakikay na “Hero” si Pakyaw,di ba? Isama mo na rin si Bobby at Boom-Boom Bautista.Ano ang ginagawa ni Lito Lapid at ni Bong Revilla.Iyong mga sine nila sa dinami-dami ng kalaban nila ay tumba lahat.Subukan nga natin ang anting-anting ni Nardong Putik kung gagana.O hangang sine lang!
goji, I know Tomas Dumpit quite well, being the father of a former UP classmate and stage/TV actress Tess. The other daughter, ex-PTV4 newscaster Thelma, is now barangay chairman somewhere in Pasig.
Since you know Dumpit, then I shall refrain from making comments about him. I can only say that Marcos military officials especially those connected with Metrocom enjoyed their career very much.
Almed Forces, bago yun a. hahahahh! Tugma-tugma, Tongue.
Tatlo na tayo ni TP na gago na, tanga pa for wondering “what kind of tactics they are doing in announcing their plans including the movements of the troops.” ay naku, hahahah pa rin!
cocoy,
inabot ba ng “census” ang kampo ng mga abu at alam nila ang bilang ng mga yun? so ibig mong sabihin yung namugot ng ulo sa basilan 3 lang ang abu dun, tapos, sa sulu, mga 147 ganun..? siguro kaya di maubus-ubos mga abu dun sa dami na ng naibalita nilang namatay sa abu..may magic nabubuhay ulit …
No, goji, go ahead. If you have anything to say relevant to the thread, please do so.
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Chi, Almed Forces nga siguro ang dapat itawag. Kursunada na naman yatang mamalimos ng mga ukay-ukay na helikopter, bangka, armas, at balang pinaglumaan sa Vietnam kaya may giyera-giyerahan na naman.
Sabi ng kakilala kong opisyal, yung mga supot na mortar, gawang Pakistan na pwedeng lamukusin ng kamay na parang soda can. Sigurado akong presyong first class ang ibinayad natin doon!
ano nga ba ang maaasahan mo sa mga militar ngayon. karamihan diyan o halos lahat ay nakatikim ng ‘layaw’ noong martial law. pangungurakot at ‘salvaging’, dyan sila magaling. aprehong pareho ang nangyayari ngayon.
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goji Says:
August 15th, 2007 at 5:57 am
Tongue. for the info of everyone, this Tomas Dumpit used to be a Military Official during the time of Marcos belonging to the feared Metrocom. He was in the company of Gen. Ver and then Col. Abadilla.
goji Says:
August 15th, 2007 at 6:59 am
Since you know Dumpit, then I shall refrain from making comments about him. I can only say that Marcos military officials especially those connected with Metrocom enjoyed their career very much.
Chi,
eto po kaya nakakatawa during daw dun sa 3days gunfight sa sulu particularly sa Maimbung, natanaw daw ng mga military dun yung mga indonesians…sinong lolokohin nila na natanaw nila? tanungin nga natin sa kanila kung ano itsura nung 2 indonesian..nakakita lang sila ng singkit kala nila yung dalawa na.. eh kahit nga makasalubong nila yun di nila kilala..di nila hahabulin ng bomba yun kung makita nila eh may patong na $10M si dulmatin!
TT,
re:
Turningpoint: “I don’t profess to know about military tactics but what kind of tactics they are doing in announcing their plans including the movements of the troops. Gago talaga ako.”
Hahaha. Pareho pala tayong gago. Hindi lang gago, tanga pa…hehehe “dakila” naman!
Sa boksing, ayaw ipa-alam ni Manny Pakyaw kung ano kanyang taktika o secret deadly punch. Isa pa umi-iwas siya ng mga espiya ng kanyang kalaban. Pero si Assperon sigaw ng singaw ang kanyang puersa at plano. Sa totoo lang hindi sasabak sa conventional warfare ang ASG at MILF. Gina-gago niya ang kanyang sarili.
Gokusen;
Itinatangi ng mga Abu na hindi sila ang namugot ng ulo.Kung hindi sila,sino?Si Esperon kaya ang namugot para mag-init ang ulo ng mga Pilipino at magkaroon siya ng justify reason to declare war.O iyong mga 14 na Marines?baka nag-away away sila at sila mismo ang nagpugutan ng ulo?Hindi kaya si Bedol?dahil hindi niya nakilala ang mga sundalo dahil may benda siya sa mata.Ipa-SOCO kaya natin kay Gus Abelgas.
Gokusen,
Singkit lang ang mata ay Indonesian na. Heheheh, ‘yan ang intelligence ni Gloria at Asspweron.
Hay naku, nagkakamatay ang ating magigiting na sundalo sa kahinaan ng intelligence, puro bunganga kasi itong si Asspweron.
6000 soldiers hunting a mere 150 abus, sino kaya ang nagbabantay ngayon kay Gloria?
Wow, sa dami ng mga sundalo ay baka sila-sila malito kung sino ang sino at another disaster, lalo na at naka-fatigue din ang 150 na abus.
Show of force, ibig sabihin ay mabigat ang kalaban at nananakot si Asspweron para umatras ang 150 na katao.
If Ass didn’t announce his thousands of troops, baka mabigla pa niya ang mga abus at manalo ang militar. Kaya ina-announce ay para umiskierda na ang mga hinahanting for reasons they only know. Lumang gimik!
Diego, do you know why Manny Pacquiao left LA and rushed home?
His wife is leaving him due to his flirting with actress Ara Mina. Who said I don’t know much about showbiz?
Balita ko pinasara ni Mayor Lim ang kanyang beer house sa Baywalk kaya umuwi sa Pilipinas. Maraming utang (tax&rent) sa City Hall.
That’s not the only reason, Diego. Another reason was that Manny wanted to get an advance payment for his upcoming fight but he failed to get it so he went home in protest.
With a ratio of 30:1 pag hindi pa nila nahuli ang mga abus ay inutil talaga ang military natin. Palpak!
DinaPinoy Says:
“ano nga ba ang maaasahan mo sa mga militar ngayon. karamihan diyan o halos lahat ay nakatikim ng ‘layaw’ noong martial law. pangungurakot at ’salvaging’, dyan sila magaling. aprehong pareho ang nangyayari ngayon”
Pards, yung martial law ini-lift early 80’s pa. Almost 25 years ago na. Paanong “halos lahat ay nakatikim ng layaw noong martial law”, ilang taon lang ba ang tour-of-duty ng isang sundalo bago mag-retire, hane?
Ibig mong sabihin “halos lahat” ng sundalo natin ngayon retirable age, kundi overstaying na, mali yata!
Dinapinoy, most of those who benefited were high military officials not the lower ranks. I hope you would not jump into such a conclusion.
Gokusen said, “inabot ba ng “census” ang kampo ng mga abu at alam nila ang bilang ng mga yun? so ibig mong sabihin yung namugot ng ulo sa basilan 3 lang ang abu dun, tapos, sa sulu, mga 147 ganun..? siguro kaya di maubus-ubos mga abu dun sa dami na ng naibalita nilang namatay sa abu..may magic nabubuhay ulit …”
What is that creature that if cut, it multiplies into pieces? Is it amoeba? I’m not sure. But siguro ganyan ang Abu Sayyaf. Kaya habang sinasabi ni Arroyo na malapit nang maubos, lalong dumadami.
Isa lang yan sa napakaraming milagro sa administrasyong Arroyo.
goji Says:
August 15th, 2007 at 9:40 am
Dinapinoy, most of those who benefited were high military officials not the lower ranks. I hope you would not jump into such a conclusion.
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tama ka goji. pero marami pa rin naman ang mga ‘high officials’ at ang mga ugat at galamay nila ay ‘tumubo’ na. tama, matagal nang panahon ang martial law, pero yung mga lower ranks noon, nakita nila at na ‘trained’ sila sa mga nangyari noon. maaari bang gumalaw ang isang opisyal kung walang alalay sa ibaba at itaas?
Chi, you said, “6000 soldiers hunting a mere 150 abus, sino kaya ang nagbabantay ngayon kay Gloria?”
Bakit Chi, yung 6,000 ba na yan, maa-asahan magprotect kay Arroyo in case something happens? Sigurado ba siyang “my soldiers” niya ng 6,000 na yan?
Hindi kaya, the reason why she exiled them to Basilan and Sulu is, so that they won’t be here to do her harm in case she does something radical?
Tongue, sabi mo:
Pards, yung martial law ini-lift early 80’s pa. Almost 25 years ago na. Paanong “halos lahat ay nakatikim ng layaw noong martial law”, ilang taon lang ba ang tour-of-duty ng isang sundalo bago mag-retire, hane?
Ibig mong sabihin “halos lahat” ng sundalo natin ngayon retirable age, kundi overstaying na, mali yata!
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pards, nanatili si marcos at ver hanggang 1986 – ibig mong sabihin, noong ma-lift ang martial law tumigil na ang militar sa ‘layaw’ nila?
Ellen, I suspect that those sent to Basilan are not Gloria’s favorites. As a matter of fact, most are Marines. She’s afraid of another coup so she sent them over there. Left behind are her trusted soldiers. The ones here are the ones she believes will protect her. That’s how I look at it.
Ellen, bulate iyong sinasabi mo! Habang hinahati, nadodoble.
Hindi COMBAT ang solusyon kung ganoon. Dapat, COMBANTRIN!
Kaya Enchanted Kingdom, maraming ameoba ang nagmimilagro, mga ameobang ini-ire ni Reyna Gluerilla!
Ikaw talaga, Tongue. Combatrin. hahahah, heheh!
Kasasabi ko lang na ini-ire ni Gloria e.
Combantrin pala, lakas kasi ng tawa ko e!
tongue,
kahit si trillanes, alam ang kurakutan ng militar. kahit panahon pa ni erap, alam na ni trillanes yan. kaya ang militar, may sariling modus-operandi.
Yun ang dapat, Tongue. Ha! Ha! Ha!
Inililiko mo yung sarili mong argumento, tsong. E di lahat ng pumasok sa AFP after 1986, e hindi na nakatikim ng layaw “noong martial law”! Mas marami sila, kaya hindi mo pwedeng sabihing halos lahat.
Baguhin mo na lang yung premise mo para tumama sa gusto mong konklusyon.
kung hindi ako nagkakamali, gloria grabbed power in 2001. kaya basically, alam na ni tillanes ito panahon pa ni erap.
TERM PAPERS ni trillanes:
In 2001 and 2002, LTSG Antonio F. Trillanes IV, prepared two term papers for his master’s classes at the University of the Philippines National College of Public Administration and Governance. Both papers deal with what the author portrayed as widespread corruption in the procurements system of the Philippine Navy.
tongue,
ang pinag-uusapan natin dito ay ‘officials’.
Ellen, ang pinag-gagawa nina Esperon at Gloria ay hindi pala kontra-terorismo kundi Kontra-bulate.
Kaya pala nag-utos si Pandak noon na, “Purge Mindanao of terror cells”, literal na purgahan pala!
Dina,
Bahala ka na nga. Gulo mong kausap.
Ha!Ha!Ha! Mabuti naman at nakakatawa tayo kahit na nakakagalit na ang mga headlines.
samantala, nawawala pa rin si Jonas Joseph Burgos…. na ang pagdukot sa kanya ay parang paalala sa mga nangyari noon sa panahon ng martial law…
gumaganti kaya sila sa tatay ni jonas? ang tatay kasi niya ang nagumpisa ng pahayagang Malaya…
Isang tao lang ang pueding mag-ayos ng problema d’yan sa kaguluhan sa Mindanao.Naghihintay lang ng tawag si Robin Padilla para ayusin niya ang digmaan d’yan.Tapos in 2010 kakandidato siya ng senator number one siya.Di naluma si Bong Revilla.Ang pagkakaalam mo sa tradition ng Muslim,nakikinig sila sa isang muslim na naging Hadji–Ang Hadji ay iyong nagpunta sa Mecca at nagtapon ng bato sa Mosque,di ba gokusen?
si hadji alejandro kaya? maganda ito, entertainment section na.
ano ba yung kanta ni freddie aguilar?
“tumawa ka, bakit hindi? tawanan mo ang iyong problema!”
yup,
eh sa totoo lang kahit ganun si robin padilla, hadj na yun at respetado siya ng mga muslim…at malapit kay nur misuari..
cocoy,
kaso alam mo kahit itinaas at nirekomenda ni robin si goma..wala dun di lumabas ang powers niya sa mindanao..ibig sabihin eh walang may gusto kay goma na muslim…
gokusen;
Kung ganon ay puedi siyang maging number one sa 2010 huwag lang siyang tumikit kay Gloria,Tiyak ang boung boto ng muslim ay mapasakanya ng walang daya.Palagay ko mas okey siya kesa kay Bong Revilla at Lito Lapid.Marami siyang ginawang programa para sa mga Muslim,di ba?
gokusen;
Iba kasi si Robin kay goma.
cocoy,
yeah! may mga charities siya pati nagpagawa siya ng iskul about islam sa bahay niya..marami siyang natutulungan kapatid na muslim..eh kahit pa 10 garci at bedol ang mangdaya sa mindanao di nila matatalo si robin dun..next to fpj si robin ang hinahangaan dun…plz lang wag lang siyang pauuto sa mga ewan sa lipunan!
Masyadong kasing napoliticised ang AFP imbes na pagsilbihan ang bayan ang pinagsisilbihan ang malacanang. Kung anong utos ng comanding in chief amen lahat.
Gokusen:
Hindi amoeba, bulate, basta huwag mo lang sunugin. Lalo na iyong bulate ng aso. Or, may power ang mga Abus na mabuhay ulit na parang mga zombies. But then, of course, alam naman nating sinungaling at hindi reliable ang information ng AFP. Hocus-pocus lang ang information nila dahil diyan sila magaling, manghula!!! Yuck!
DKG:
Noong isang taon pa nagbebenta ng human organs ang administrasyon ni unano. Experiemental lang nga the previous years. Ngayon full blast na at datirati ang involved lang na hospital ay iyong nasa San Lazaro at St. Luke’s. Ngayon nadagdagan pa kasama na iyong UST hospital, etc.
May special report nga ang mga TV sa Japan to warn Japanese nationals from getting into the trap of getting donors from the depressed areas in the Philippines and people there having unhealthy organs. Golly, ini-encourage ang mga pilipinong ibenta ang organs nila dala-dalawa. Pati yata butas ng ilong at tenga dahil dalawa ibebenta kung mabebenta.
Pakitignan nga kung ilang ang isinauling organs ng mga sundalong na-ambush sa Tipo-Tipo, etc. Taragis, lahat nang kahayupan iniisip ni unano at ng mga halimaw na kasama niya.
Bakit anong akala nila sa kapwa nila pilipino? Pataygutom lahat kaya ibebenta ang mga organs, prinsipyo, etc. pati na ang kanilang mga kaluluwa lalo na iyong mga mahihirap na naghihikahos? E bakit iyong mga may pera ganoon din? Bakit sila ibinebenta din ang mga kaluluwa nila sa isang impaktang nagbabalatkayong matino siya at anghel—-Yup, fallen angel!
Hi Guys!..
You know what?.. This has been the observation that I am having. Magpapadala ng libo-libong sundalo pra sa Abu Sayyaf who already lost a great share of its Leaders starting from Khadaffy Janjalani, etc?.. Given that may mga pumalit sa knila but the time difference between nung mapatay ang mga leaders at ang maging threat sila sa Pilipinas para ipadala ang halos 5000 sundalo para lang sugpuin sila, eh hindi yta kapani-kapaniwala. I’ll just give a piece of my mind:
1. I put this as my first kc pra sa akin eto ang pinaka-viable. MIDGET and her DOGS are smelling something, something that is very imminent and disastrous for them. Something like an impending withdrawal of support or a coup d’etat. That is why she wants most ofthe soldiers to be out from Manila. This is what they did after Querubin was ‘outraged’ by Miranda’s ‘relief’, they send those troops loyal to Querubin to Mindanao also.
2. Tinigil n ng US ang pagsuporta sa mga sundalo natin kya kailangan na nating magpadala ng 5000 sundalo para lang talunin ang 150 ASG. Parang ung film na ‘300’ ah.. Eto naman ‘150’.. hehehe
3. Related to no. 2. MIDGET and her DOGS are trying to portray a ‘serious’ scenario in Mindanao to get more ‘support’ from other countries.
4. MILF and MNLF are gaining enough power and sronghold in Mindanao, hence the need for such number of soldiers.
You can just add more..
For me, it is really CRAZY to send that much of soldiers there!
ano ba yan esperon ! kumedyante ka rin ano? baka yong mga hinahanap mong mga abu sayyaf ay nasa loob na ng bahay mo ngayon, gonggong ! pinagtatawanan kana ng buong mundo.
tongue,
ano naman yang combantrin na yan! wag lang gamitin ni esperon sa mga sundalo kung hinde mas lalon silang kawawa dahil yon na nga lang ang mga laman ng tiyan nila tapos maalis pa! hahahaha…
Palagi namang overkill si tiyanak. Di ba nga sa SONA niya, 9000 sundalo ang nag-secure sa event?
I read earlier that Fr Bossi was kidnapped by 10 fishermen. Nakakalito talaga but now I am more convinced na kanya kanyang delihensiya ang mga maton sa Mindanao. Hindi lang iisang grupo ang kumikilos. It looks like the high ranking military officials have their own group, the politicians (siempre kasama na dito ang mga galamay ni tiyanak), the MILF,MNLF, Abus atbp. I also feel that once the villains carried out an operation, they have to be killed and disposed of so that the brains of the operations will not be uncovered. I am not surprised if the 10 fishermen who kidnapped Fr Bossi were some of the casualties in the so-called “all out war”. The brains of the underworld operations have to dispose of their “men” as quickly as they can. Poor military, they are the sacrificial lambs for the task of getting rid of these villains who were used to gather the money and ammunitions for a chosen “few”. I wonder how much the generals operating in Mindanao got from Fr Bossi’s kidnap operations?
Talagang wala nang rhyme and reason ang Gloria admin! Bara-bara na lang.
hindi naman magandang i-generalize natin na kapalpakan ng buong military ang nangyayaring walang saysay na opensibang taguang pung sa sulu at basilan. put it into emphasis na kapalpakan ng mga opisyal ni gloria. kawawa na nga ‘yung ating mga ordinaryong kawal nadadamay pa sa katangahan.
at sa nagsasabing nagkamit ng layaw ang mga opisyal noong panahon ng martial law, kung meron man ‘yun, wala na sila ngayon. ‘yung iba sumaimpyerno na, ‘yung iba ulyanin na.
ang mga palpak na namamayani ngayon ay mga uhugin pang opisyal noong panahon ni makoy! ang mga katulad nina espweron na noon ay mga idealistikong opisyal, ngayon ay mga nahawahan ng kamandag ng katiwalian ni gloriang reyna ng kawalanghiyaan!
ang nangyayari sa conjugal administration ni GMA (gloria mukhang aso) ay puro kayabangan na lamang. panggugulat, pananakot at pabalat bunga upang mapagtakpan ang kanyang walang silbing pamumuno.
ang kalaban ay hindi naghihintay na siya ay malalagay sa alanganing katayuan. ang anumang gagawin niya ay ibabatay sa kakayahan ng kanyang haharapin at pag-aaralan ang ang bilang, ang armas, ang mga kagamitan, ang paraan ng pakikilaban at ang lugar na kung saan posibleng magkaroon ng sagupaan.
hindi tanga ang kung sino mang tutugisin ng mga sundalong inutusan upang manatili sa lugar na alam nilang alam ng sa kanila ay tutugis. konti lang ang bilang ng abu sayyaf at isang napakalaking kahangalan kung sila ay lalaban nang harapan sa libo libong sundalong ipinamalita pa na ipadadala sa sulu at basilan.
What 45hundreds? against say 150+ ABUS,tsk,tsk something wrong w/ the AFP,including I BILLION pesos a day budget,I didn’t know the country could afford money on senseless confrontations.If these ISAFP, gps guided brain doing their jobs,we won’t be spending lives of poor soldiers and taxpayer monies.AFP,strategies are like ancient tactics, 1:30 ratio for modern conflict are not acceptable concept,the more enlargesment size of targets are better than to a small ones.More lives will be wasted for this type of ideas.Make our taxpayers money worthed for better ideas.Use some common sense,enlist the aids of those expert in art of the fighting the jungle fighters.
In a news conference, Armed Forces spokesman Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro insisted that what the American troops are currently doing is surveying possible areas where next year’s Balikatan (shoulder-to-shoulder) exercise could be held.
“I was informed that the reason the mission of that troops is that they are going to conduct sight survey (for possible) Balikatan site…kung saan magkakaroon ng humanitarian assistance (and) Balikatan activities,” Bacarro told reporters
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hay may sight survey daw ba ng kung kelan may “offensive” ang mga pilipinong kawal..baka may mga nag-sun bathing pa din sila di kaya?
ginagawa talaga tayong bobo na, tanga pa…hmmm.. buti pa luko-luko may ospital eh…
col.bacarro,
pede bang mag-suggest lang ng lugar para sa balikatan..alam mo ‘yung bual, siyasi hanapin mo si morfi at sabihin mo dun magbalikatan…’yung ang baranggay dun na kung saan lahat ng nakatira abu ..yun dun kayo magbalikatan!
This is from the column of Ramon Farolan in the Inquirer last Aug. 6. The message has become more urgent today:
But someone has to take responsibility for this terrible tragedy.
Click here for the whole article.
Farolan has another stinging column on the AFP last Monday:
What is happening to the Armed Forces?
Ellen,
Thanks for the Farolan article. Maganda, except for the last part; “Esperon’s resignation should now be on the President’s table. If he resigns, he would be remembered as a man of honor and decency, an officer worthy of emulation by the officer corps and by the graduates of the Philippine Military Academy in particular. It is the chance of a lifetime to show that a sense of delicadeza is still very much alive in his person.”
Sense of delicadeza? I doubt Esperon has it. He is a disgrace in fact to the Filipino race! And so is his beloved president!
gokusen says: “yung mga hinahabol nila sa basilan, di pa nila hinahabol nakalipat na ng ibang isla….”
walang kriminal na maglalagi kung san niya ginawa ang krimen. TANGA, GAGO, HUNGHANG AT BOBONG BOPOL ka talaga, espweron. pareho kayong tolongges ng kakambal mong bubuwitre!
“I stand a proud guardian of my country and the people. I am awestruck and dumbfounded by the magnanimous duty that the people have bestowed upon me, the duty that binds me to be the protector of the free, the duty that drives me to endure days without food, traverse the inhospitable terrain, through typhoons and searing rays of the sun.
“… The duty that dislocates my normal life, separates me from my family, [that makes me] live with humble means and simple ways and be the epitome of the ideals of katapangan, integridad at katapatan (bravery, integrity and honesty).”- 2lt Charlie Anthony Camelon.
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Mother never knew ‘Hotdog’ was in Sulu until he was killed
By Joselle Badilla, Tarra Quismundo
Inquirer, Mindanao Bureau
Last updated 03:19am (Mla time) 08/15/2007
MANILA, Philippines — It was only two days past his 22nd birthday when 2nd Lt. Charlie Anthony Camelon died.
Charlie, a platoon leader in the Army’s 33rd Infantry Battalion, was among the 16 soldiers killed in an encounter in Barangay Tambaking in Maimbung town, Sulu province, on Aug. 9.
http://www.newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=82626
tumulo ang luha ko pagkabasa ng mga tinurang salita ni lt camelon.
napakabatang inagaw ng wala sa oras na kamatayan mula sa pagtupad ng kanyang tungkuling hindi sana nangyari kung meron sanang damdaming makatao ang mga namumuno sa hukbo at ang umaastang sinungaling na panggulo!
delicadeza! delicadeza! I don’t mean to insult organ grinders but when the pair of them are walking the line of troops at a parade it reminds me of an organ grinder walking his monkey to give it exercise, I mean a very small monkey – delicadeza! dont think so – smile
Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!
di na na kayo naawa sa Armed Forces natin.
puro kayo batikos, di nyo naman nilalagay sarili nyo in their shoes.
yan napapala nyo sa kapapanood ng pelikula ni FPJ ar Rambo.
1:30 lang? dapat nga 1:1000 eh… Kulang na kulang ang tropa na nandun sa mindanao.
sige nga, ano mag suggest nga kayo ng magandang paraan para mahuli ang mga duwag na ASG o MILF na mga yan na nagtatago sa civilian populace pag nagipit na.
isa pa yan si Farolan putak ng putak, puro batikos, wala naman nagawa sa AFP nung panahon nya.
nag general ata yan pero di naman nakakita ng kalaban yan. pano, Air Force yan, di pa ata nakatunton ng Mindanao ang matandang yan eh. nagpayaman lang yan sa Customs eh.
parang si Trillanes, putak ng putak, ginawang gatasan ang AFP. kala mo napakatapang, di naman nakakita ng kalaban. hanggang porma lang. langya, puro schooling ginawa yan eh. karamihan ng Army at Marine officers, LTC na wala pang Masters, sya meron na, UP pa.
batikusin nyo mga Tarantadong politiko at wag yung Armed Forces natin.nangyayari kasi sa military natin naging Militics na sa pakikialam ng mga politikong gong-gong.
Si Asspweron magre-resign? Nah! Never and his commander-in-cheat will not allow him. Gloria needs Asspweron more than she needs her arrogant Mike!
Yuko,
Maganda na sana ang article ni Mr. Farolan biglang appear yung kung mag-resign ngayon ay magiging “man of honor and decency” daw si Ass!
After Mr. Farolan enumerated the sins of Ass, kahit pa mangumpisal s’ya sa publiko, no way that he’d be given a place in the league of Ellenville’s “Men of Honor”! Ass is a complete shit!
poging or gwaping,
saan ka ba nanggaling at hindi mo na alam, na ang mga gunggong na pulitiko na sinasabi mo at mga henerales ng AFP ay WALA…, wala ng pinagkaiba.
alam mo ba na halos lahat ng hepe o service commanders ay pawang yaong sangkot sa Hello Garci?
asus! kelan man di namin binabatikos ang mga ordinaryong sundalo maliban duon sa kasamang nandukot, pamamaslang na mga ordinaryo at di-armadong sibilyan, kritiko at aktibista.
(gusto mo, 1:1000 ?, balik ka na lang kung malinaw na isip mo !)
pogi,
ang tinutukoy na AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) ngayon ay si assperon lang at mga tuta nya! the rest ay FP (Forces of the Philippines) nalang, nawala na yong “Armed” dahil namamatay sila na walang kalaban-laban! because the only weapons left on them is “principle,idealism & patriotism”.
Mrivera,
Hayy, bakit ang magagaling at tunay ang paglilingkod ang ipinambabala ni Gloria at Asspweron para namamatay? Matapos ang pugutan ay hindi pa pala nasasaid ang luha ko para sa mga magigiting na sundalong katulad ni 2lt Charlie Anthony Camelon.
Ang sakripisyo ng mga sundalo sa ilalim ng korap na commander at cheap-of-stuff ay walang halaga para sa mag-kasabwat na mag-amo.
I used to read that “a soldier never dies, he just pass away”. In Gloria’s fake term, a soldier just pass his way in Basilan , Sulu and neighboring barrios, and he is decapitated to die!
pogi,
politoko at hinde AFP kamo ang dapat na babatikusin? alam mo ba na halos lahat na matataas na opisyales ng gobyerno ay dating mga generals ng AFP? na ngayon ay mga tuta ni gloria?
AK-47: alam mo ba na halos lahat na matataas na opisyales ng gobyerno ay dating mga generals ng AFP? na ngayon ay mga tuta ni gloria?
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Sinabi mo pa, AK-47. Napapaghalataan ang iyong pinuna mo kung sino siya! 😛
Chi: Maganda na sana ang article ni Mr. Farolan biglang appear yung kung mag-resign ngayon ay magiging “man of honor and decency” daw si Ass!
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Kaya nga sabi ko kay Ellen, maganda sana except for the last part. Alam namang walang delicadeza ang ungas, gusto pang purihin. On the other hand, baka naman takot din si Farolan na galitin si Esperon dahil baka ma-JJ Burgos din siya! 😛
Chi: I used to read that “a soldier never dies, he just pass away”.
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Kanta iyan noong maliit pa ako in reference to General MacArthur nang magretiro siya after the Korean War. Nakakabagbag damdamin ang kantang iyan. Konti na lang ang ganyan sundalo sa Pilipinas. Ginagawa silang mga sundalong kanin ng unano, et al. In short, pataygutom ang labas! Nakakai-Yuck!
Here’s how it goes, the song I mean:
Old Soldiers Never Die (2)
(Gene Autry, William Burch and Carl Cotner)
CHORUS
Old Soldier’s Never Die
Never die, never die
Old Soldier’s Never Die
They just fade away.
NARRATION:
On the seventh day of December
In the year of forty-one
The free world met disaster
At the hands of the Rising Sun
From the bastions of Corregidor
Pearl Harbor and Bataan
Came the sound of war and fury
And the Death March of free man.
Then from the land of way down under
A mighty voice did say
Our cause is just, in God we trust
I will return someday
From Mindanao to Tarawa
Our battle song it grew
Till on Surabachi
At last Old Glory flew.
From Iwo, Leyte, and a thousand Isles
Our just cause never ceased
Until one day, he did return
And once more, there was peace
Now somewhere, there stands the man
His duty o’er and won
The world will ne’er forget him
To him we say, “Well done.”
CHORUS
note: On his retirement from the Army, Douglas MacArthur quoted the lines
“Old soldiers never die,they just fade away.” RG
Source: Cowboy Songs 1951 (or 1952-cover missing)
Copyright 1951 by Western Music Pub. Inc.
Tulog muna ako. Hindi pa ako natutulog kasi I’m trying to adjust to sleeping time in Japan. Malapit na kasi akong umuwi doon. I cannot afford to have jet lag when I go back. Marami akong backlog na trabaho. Good morning to all. Umaga na kasi dito sa Tate! Gising na nga si Chi e. Nice talking to you Chi on the phone! Usap tayo ulit before I leave for Tokyo.
Good night, ystakei. That’s right. So that you won’t get sleepy when you’re marching in the street in Japan, he, he. But seriously, I heard there’s a pill or medication one can take to prevent or minimize jet lag.
chi, kaya nga sumasama ng loob ko dahil sa kapalpakang ginagawa ng mag-among gloria at espweron sa sulu at basilan.
masama ang loob ko dahil ang mga karaniwang kawal at mga baguhang opisyal katulad ng nasawing si lt camelon ay mistulang (o talagang) ipinapain upang mabigyang dahilan ang kanilang walang kuwentang desisyon at mapagtakpan ang mga katiwaliang may kinalaman sa pagsasaayos dapat ng mindanao.
masama ang loob ko sapagkat ang mga inosenteng mamamayan ay parang mga dagang hindi malaman kung saan maglulungga bunga ng pagkakaipit sa kaguluhan. nabubulabog sila sa pang-araw araw nilang pamumuhay, ang mga bata ay hindi makapg-aral at ang mga magulang ay hindi makapaghanapbuhay.
sa ginagawang ito nina gloria at espweron, lalo lamang nilang binibigyang dahilan ang iba na sumapi sa mga tulisang abu sayyaf partikular ‘yung mga napagbibintangang kumakalinga at sumusuporta sa mga ito.
pinalalala pa ni bubuwitreng gloria sa pamamagitan ng paggatong sa hindi pagkakaunawaan ng MNLF at MILF sa pamamagitan ng pagbabandong pagkakaloob ng ancestral lands sa mga mapagsamantalang MILF!
ellen, tongue, at kayong nandyan sa maynila gayundin sa iyo taymanghud gokusen,
sa totoo lang, ang ginagawang ito ng mag-amo (baka nga mag-asawang lihim) ay isang overkill at paglilihis na rin ng pansin ng taong bayan sa naunang mga kapalpakang lumutang tulad broad band deal with china, bedol case, jayhay’s kidnapping at iba pang niluluto nilang iniisip na hindi natin binabantayan.
“…..JAYJAY’S kidnapping……”
sori, nabubulol na talaga ako sa inis!
sige! ipadala n’yo lahat ang army at marines sa mindanao para makapagparami at makapag-armas nang husto ang NPA.
tamang tama ring maiiwan lang ang PNP (pinatataba nating pulis) upang mangalaga sa katahimikan sa buong luzon pero, hindi kaya lumaganap ding lalo ang huweteng, nakawan, patayan, kidnap for ransom, ilegal na droga at iba pang sidelines ng mga lespu?
gawin nilang seesaw ang pagtatalaga sa mga kawal. luzon kahapon, mindanao ngayon. mindanao ngayon, luzon bukas. wala nang katapusan. sa administrasyon ni bubuwitreng gloria!
“sa totoo lang, ang ginagawang ito ng mag-amo (baka nga mag-asawang lihim) ay isang overkill at paglilihis na rin ng pansin ng taong bayan sa naunang mga kapalpakang lumutang tulad broad band deal with china, bedol case, jayhay’s kidnapping at iba pang niluluto nilang iniisip na hindi natin binabantayan.”
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Mrivera,
Agree, ang “baka nga mag-asawang lihim” are just making “tail wags the dog”. Di ba, Tongue?
Yuko,
Thanks sa lyrics, kakaiyak lalo pag ganitong sitwasyon na pinalalamon ng team an gluerilla-Ass ang ating mga magigiting na sundalo sa mga hindi tiyak na kaaaway!
HUh, lalo akong nag-iinit kung nababasa ko ang mga postemo, Mrivera.
Mabuhay ang mga sundalong magigiting at matatapang!
Mamatay si gluerilla at Ass and minions!
Now who say the US troops are not involved in Mindanao? Please read:
Presence of US troops in combat zones slammed
Photos and reports of armed American troops in Philippine combat zones leading the fight against Muslim insurgents have raised the hackles of militants and opposition leaders, with Makati City Mayor and United Opposition president Jejomar Binay yesterday questioning the presence of the US troops in Sulu at a time of conflict.
Reports said US soldiers led convoys of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in known combat zones in Mindanao, and Binay stressed that the presence of foreign troops is highly disturbing and irregular.
US Special Forces had been stationed in Zamboanga City since 2002 Balikatan. They are training Filipino soldiers in unconventional warfare operations, road-building, medical aid to win popular support among Muslim communities and at the same time intelligence gathering. US Special Forces are hunting down Abu Sayyaf radicals with the help of AFP. After five years of special operations, why 4,500+ combined US Special Forces-AFP cannot defeat 150 Abu Sayyaf?
Well Diego, the reason why they still cannot defeat the Abus is simply because they don’t want to. The longer the conflict, the more justified the stay of these US soldiers-advisers.
It’s really sad and at the same time infuriating that the AFP has come to point where it seems so helpless and its soldiers become just for target practice and easy targets like sitting ducks for the ASG and whether Gloria and her officials admit it or not include the MILF and MNLF. That’s what going to happen when a military organization is under the leadership of morons and mentally retarded spoiled brats.
Gloria and her ASS-peron are so incompetent that it is better for the country and AFP without them. They are so confused and don’t know what they are doing and how to handle the situation. When they act, it always seems to be reacting, and when they react it never quite enough and find wanting. Tinitimbang ngunit laging kulang.
What the country needs now is a leader of whatever political stripe, driven, smart and visionary, someone who can get on top of the many problems rather than just responding to them. Gloria and her officials should step down before they erase the country from the world map.
goji: said “The longer the conflict, the more justified the stay”.
goji, you got it in one!
Sa totoo lang, ang mga americano ay may mga advance gadgets yan para makita ang mga kaaway. They can detect bodies even at night. They also have connections to the satellites to pinpoint enemy territories. Kaya, walang dahilan na hindi nila alam kung nasaan yung mga 500 kalaban! Sa totoo lang, talagang ginugulo nitong mga ito ang Mindanao. Aba eh, nandian ang mga malalaking agricultural fertile land. Maraming natural resources pati and Mindanao kaya binabantayan ng mga dayuhan.
parasabayan,
alam ng mga “kano” at nakikita din nila habang nagtatakbuhan ang mga abu sayyaf na yan ! ngayon pa na nakapa high technology na! ihalimbawa mo nalang yong “google earth” nakikita mo pa mismong bahay mo.
we-will-never-learn Says:
August 16th, 2007 at 10:37 am
goji: said “The longer the conflict, the more justified the stay”.
goji, you got it in one!
reply : dapat “you got it right”! baka mamaya pagkaintindi ni gloria sa ” you got it one” ay “another one more term pa sya” !
zen2 sweetheart,
kulang pa nga ang 1:1000 eh. dapat nga 1:1001 siguro. ikaw yung dagdag na isa para malipol na mga
Moros na yan.
Lives more valuable
Earlier, Wilfreda Potoy, mother of Pfc. Rico Potoy, said the government should also consider the future of those being left behind by soldiers killed in the offensives.
“It’s alright if it is only money that is wasted but the reality is people are dying,” she said in the vernacular.
Wilfreda said she believes that sending more soldiers would not solve the situation in Sulu.
“I believe there are ways to defeat the Abu Sayyaf and other rebels aside from sending more soldiers there,” she said.
Sara Hashim, the wife of Pfc. Daim Hashim, said it would be better for the President to defer her plan of deploying more soldiers because it will only fuel the situation in Sulu.
Sara, a mother of eight, said she knows the area better because she hails from Barangay Alat in Jolo town.
“They should not do it while the situation is still tense,” she said.
Sara also agreed that the President should consider the fate of families of soldiers, who are bound to be slain in Sulu, before pushing for the deployment.
“Pity the families,” she said.
www. newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines
Other views
Victor Taylor, a peace advocate and researcher who has been frequenting Sulu for more than three decades now, said the best way to solve a conflict situation like Sulu is “to make a sincere attempt to see things from the other’s point of view.”
“That way we can begin to truly understand the differences between us,” he said.
Taylor suggested that both sides of the conflict must exert effort toward a peaceful resolution.
“But the government, as the parent or elder, must go out of its way and set the example for tolerance and understanding; taking belligerent positions from the outset such as ‘hunting down the savages’ only exacerbates the situation,” he said.
Taylor, who speaks Tausug fluently and once taught at the Notre Dame of Jolo College in Jolo, Sulu, emphasized that “justice must be served.”
“In Islam justice is a primary value. There can be no peace without justice, but it has to be appreciated by all sides as a pursuit of justice in their respective terms,” he said.
www. newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view_article.php?article_id=82824
pogs,
puwede ka naman sumalungat. pero plis, huwag lang religious slur dito sa ellenville: tawagin mo bilang Moslem o Muslim o Moro ang mga kapatid na taga-Timog Mindanaw pero hinding-hindi ‘moros’… o, alam mo din iyon pero…
p0g1ng,
kung gusto mong maramdaman ang tunay na damdamin ng mga kapatid na muslim ay pumunta ka (kung nandyan ka sa maynila) sa maharlika village sa taguig o diyan sa quiapo at tawagin mo silang MORO.
pero ipinapaalala ko lang sa iyo, siguraduhin mo lamang na mabilis kang tumakbo, sumalag o umilag, hane?
“No territory of the country can be ceded to any group of people that will have their own laws, have their own armed force and operate as an independent state within a state.”
these were erap’s clear words during the offensive in taking back the MILF camps and controlled areas in central mindanao.
now, it’s different under gloria’s and seems erap’s shortlived governance is far more better compared to the PHD taunting power grabber’s “isang bala ka lang” policy and the bloated almost entire armed forces operations against the blank faced enemy she and her cheat of staff are painting in the public’s imagination!
p0g1ng,
1. Please huwag nyong i-capitalize ang mga words sa iyong sentence. Pangit basahin. Sentence case lanmg gamitin, please. Makikita mo naman sa post ng iba, wala namang gumagamit ng maraming capital letters.
2. Huwag yung mura lang ng mura na walang katuturang comments. You post ideas, hindi yung magmura.
After a very long silence (trip and vacation abroad), this Mike Velarde made the statement below as a show of support for Arroyo’s government. Velarde can be vocal and critical if he chooses to be; but can also be supportive of the government if he so decides. It depends on…
MANILA, Philippines — Christian evangelist Brother Mariano “Mike” Velarde on Thursday threw his support behind the military offensive in Mindanao, saying it was a justified reaction to the killing of soldiers by the Abu Sayyaf.
AK-47: …alam ng mga “kano” at nakikita din nila habang nagtatakbuhan ang mga abu sayyaf na yan ! ngayon pa na nakapa high technology na! ihalimbawa mo nalang yong “google earth” nakikita mo pa mismong bahay mo.
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You bet. Sa Iraq nga, hanggang loob ng bahay nakikita ng mga ungas. Parang X-ray iyong googles nila sabi ng kakilala ko sa Basrah, Iraq. Kaya iyong mga Iraqing babae hindi naliligo sa gabi kasi namboboso ang mga malibog na kanong sundalo. May lalaking bata naligo sa gabi, napagkamalan ng mga kumag na babae, ni-rape ng mga ungas. Malaking kaso ngayon.
Sa maniwala ka at hindi, ito ang lead. Malalaman mo ang mga pinaggagagawang kalokohan ng mga sundalo ni Bush sa Iraq dito http://www.albasrah.net
Happy reading! 😛
Re the rumored meddling of US troops in this fight against the Abus kuno (See Malaya editorial today, http://www.malaya.com.ph/aug17/), it is actually nothing new. It is more like a matter of clarification or asking for clarification and verification from the Americans who should in fact not be given any right to do their own chose in picking the place for their military exercise, especially where there are civilians who could be damaged and made targets of their practice shooting. Guinea pigs ang labas!
In fact, this should be exposed and condemned by Philippine lawmakers who are concentrating too much on giving the criminal at the palace by the murky river too much protection.
Hindi ba nila alam na tao rin ang mga Moslems at mga pilipino din? Bakit papayagan ang mga kanong barilin sila sa kanilang balikatan kuno?
Nakakangitngit! Grrrrrrr! 🙁
Oops, sorry, this should read: who should in fact not be given any right to do their own CHOICE in picking the place for their military exercise…
Nabasa ko na GMA suggested for the return of “the ancestral domain” sa mga Muslims. No offense meant Gokusen..pero puede ba sa pagsauli niya ay kasama na siya at doon na siya magpatayo ng kanyang kingdom? Total she claims to be a royalty from that region.. At may lady in waiting na siya “oh me gal so very.” Kaya lang hindi niya makasama ang baboy at mga biik..bawal nga pala sa mga Muslim na magkaroon ng piggery..Total ang balita kung totoo ay “separate beds naman” kaya yong asawa ay doon na lang sa SF o kaya sa HK where Vic-Toh-ria peak is.
Rose,
The Fatso is supposed to be confined in some hospital in a private room — nagpapapayat daw!!!
One of the fatality in maimbung ambush is my relative…Lt.Pullalon kabilang siya dun sa mga integrees na napaslang!!!
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AK-47: …alam ng mga “kano” at nakikita din nila habang nagtatakbuhan ang mga abu sayyaf na yan ! ngayon pa na nakapa high technology na! ihalimbawa mo nalang yong “google earth” nakikita mo pa mismong bahay mo.
nung una naniwala ako na nakikita nila ang galaw ng mga nasa bundok, pero may nakausap ako na kaya pala Mindanao ang “location” pinipili ng mga al qaeda at ganun din ang balikatan ek ek…dahil mayroon tayong “alkaline” na natural resources na yun ang humaharang para di makapag-penetrate anuman sensitive gadget na pang-monitor ng mga amerikano..at lahat ng kabundukan natin ay mayroon likas na alkaline na yun ang mag-pro-protekta para di makita ang mga lugar na taguan ng mga hinahanap nila…
tita rose,
gustuhin man niya na sumama sa royal blood di siya tatanggapan kasi “virus” siya na papatay sa dugong bughaw…!
Well Diego, the reason why they still cannot defeat the Abus is simply because they don’t want to. The longer the conflict, the more justified the stay of these US soldiers-advisers.
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two sides of the coin, may mga “kano” na sundalo na napunta dun sa caluang, pariticular sa “karungdong” nagalit ang mga sundalong pilipino…sagot ng mga puti, kasi may mga projects ang u.s. na dapat protektahan…
pero..sa amin alam namin takot maunahan ng mga sundalo sila ng mga amerikano na makita yung isang lugar dun na pinagtataguan ng ibang “abu”…at gumigitna sa laban ang puti para kung sakali at may matamang isang sundalong puti ay lalo silang makialam…at magdeklara ng all out war…na lalo ng gumulo ang storya ng gulo sa sulu..!
Rafael said the Abu Sayyaf death toll rose to 42 from 32 after troops recovered more dead bodies.
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they are not abu sayyaf they are civilians…di na nga naawa sa mga sibilyan na naipit sa sagupaan, yung mga namatay pa ginawa pang abu…porke’t mga patay na at di na makakatayo para ipaglaban at sabihin di sila mga abu kundi mga sibilyan na pinatay ng makasariling interest na dapat sana ang siyang magprotekta sa mga sibilyan na napapahamak..
Alkaline sa Mindanao clouding US sensitive monitoring gadgets. Ang yaman talaga ng Mindanao sa natural resources.
Dapat ay mawala rin diyan ang mga politikong walang-saysay at inutil at nang mabigyan ng tamang buhay ang mga kapatid diyan.
Gokusen, you said Mindanao has lots of alkaline. Why not pour acid on it since acid is the opposite of alkaline…he, he. But seriously, if the Americans get themselves involved in Mindanao, the Muslims from other countries will extend assistance to the Abus. In the meantime, other giants like China would be watching on the side. China has the same interest in the region…even Malaysia and Australia. Mindanao would then become a piece of meat being fought by many interested parties.