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When exposed, confuse!

What does one do when he knows he would be uncovered for a crime committed? Confuse everybody. That seems to be happening now. Who has the capability to do that?

Calls to ‘Sheik Omar’ diverted to mobiles of oppositionists

By Christian V. Esguerra
Inquirer

Muntinlupa Rep. Rufino Biazon cried foul on Sunday after being dragged in the bombing of the Glorietta shopping mall that killed 11 people and wounded more than 100 in Makati City.
Biazon, senior vice chairman of the House committee on defense, said he had nothing to do with a certain “Sheik Omar” whose purported group, the Rajah Sulaiman Revolutionary Movement, recently claimed responsibility for the bombing.

The police and the military said that the group’s claim has not verified.

The purported admission was circulated over the weekend in text messages, one of which was sent to the lawmaker on Saturday morning. Since then, he said he has been receiving calls from reporters asking if they could interview Omar.

“Apparently, the calls made to the number that had sent the text messages were diverted to my number,” he told the Philippine Daily Inquirer in a phone interview on Sunday.

“There seems to be a pattern that political figures are being dragged into fray of this terror attack. I just can’t tell at this point if this plot is part of the actual attack or if it is just piggy-backing on the issue in the aftermath of the explosion,” he said in a separate press statement.

Later on, similar calls were diverted to the number of Robert de Castro, an official of the Bayan Muna party-list group based in its national headquarters in Quezon City.

“Obviously, someone is playing tricks,” Bayan Muna Rep. Teodoro Casiño told the Philippine Daily Inquirer, parent company of INQUIRER.net.

In a press statement, the group said: “It seems that the person calling himself Sheik Omar and his group are maliciously employing high technology deception by diverting calls to them to cell phone numbers of known political personalities and then feeding their numbers to media reporters and, possibly, government investigators.”

With police investigators still searching for perpetrators of the explosion, Casiño said investigators should start with what he called “the strongest angle.”

“The angle that the bombing was meant to divert attention from the President in the wake of all the scandals involving her administration is very obvious,” he said. “It’s staring them in the face.”

Casiño cited the allegations that President Macapagal-Arroyo bribed congressmen and local officials in connection with the impeachment complaint filed against her by lawyer Roel Pulido.

A related controversy is her purportedly worsening political relationship with Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., her staunch ally for nearly a decade now.

Casiño noted that the Makati explosion effectively took over these issues in media reports.

“Who can possibly benefit from this act of violence against innocent civilians? Who has the means, opportunity and motive to commit such a dastardly act? Who are possibly behind efforts to link the incident to the Left and other government critics?” his group asked.

“We hope investigators would not ignore the most obvious angle for the bombing, which is that it may have been done to divert public attention away from the current scandals hounding the President and at the same time worsen the political crisis in order to justify some form of strong arm rule.”

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Friday warned her detractors from exploiting the blast at the Glorietta 2 mall.

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40 Comments

  1. Ellen,

    “When exposed, confuse” is a good doctrine if you have control of all your elements or at least the military institution is behind you completely.

    Gloria cannot depend on her elements today.

    “When exposed, confuse!” is a terrible tactic to adopt today. Baka matapilok siya uli!

  2. Mukha nga.

    She is caught in a quicksand of her lies and thievery. Every move of hers, pushes her down.

  3. According to Inquirer:

    Was the Glorietta explosion last Friday a terrorist attack or an accident?

    This is the question police hope to solve as they finally descended into the basement of the Glorietta 2 mall in Makati City, on Sunday, to conduct a post-blast investigation.

    Which is which now? And how can this be now being taken as a mere accident? OK sana kung doon pumotok sa military arsenal where these bombs are kept. Golly, sa mall nangyari! Sinong nagdala doon at bakit magdadala ng bomba doon? Simple questions, hindi pa masagot? Ang bobo naman!

  4. chi chi

    Hilong-talilong, wala ng lusot ang great pretender this time.

    Gloria’s ship has sank already and she’s dead!

  5. Chabeli Chabeli

    Pag wala ka ng credibility, you’re better off shutting up. Kaso, Gloria & her minions have this superstar complex, tuloy, they get caught each time they bullshit, simply because when you keep spinning, you don’t make sense anymore. There actually is no logic in spinning. Only the spinner thinks there is logic. It’s the truth that is logical.

    What kaya will be the next reason ? That Gloria & Esperon farted & it exploded Glorietta 2 ?!

  6. Chabeli Chabeli

    Would the US, UK, Australia & Canada actually issue a travel advisory on the Philippines if they thought for one moment that the Glorietta 2 bomb was due to a mere accident ?! Don’t think so.

  7. Excellent question, Chabs!

    “Would the US, UK, Australia & Canada actually issue a travel advisory on the Philippines if they thought for one moment that the Glorietta 2 bomb was due to a mere accident ?! Don’t think so.”

    I don’t think so either!

  8. chi chi

    Foreign powers are clearly not believing that the Glorietta bomb was a job of terrorists nor it was a mere accident.

    Gloria’s cover-up to ZTE, multi-million peso “gift” to tongressmen, etc. is spinning uncontrollably in all directions. Sige, spin mo pa!

  9. What kaya will be the next reason ? That Gloria & Esperon farted & it exploded Glorietta 2 ?!

    Sobra namang lakas ng utot na iyon kahit na dalawa pa sila. Wow, kasing potent ng C-bombs na ginamit! Ang saka paanong nakalusot iyon na may guwardiya doon sa mall, di ba?

    ‘Kakatakot! Patalsikin na, now na!

  10. Chi,

    Nakakahiya iyan pag napatunayan na iyong mga terrorists galing ng Malacanang!

    Sa isang restaurant daw ng intsik sa basement nangyari ang krimen. Don’t tell me na galing China ang “terrorists” kuno para matakpan iyong ZTE/NBN scandal? Weird!

  11. tayerevo tayerevo

    I know this is not in your “usual suspect” category.
    This guy both has the means and the motive to do the dastardly. He is a thug in the mold of Pablo Escobar, the Colombian druglord. He is stiff scared of a GMA downfall, he is desperate, he is

    Chavit Singson.

    Anyone?

  12. What would be Singson’s motive?

  13. Chabeli Chabeli

    Hmmmmm, Tayerevo, that is an interesting angle, but, like AdeBrux, I, too, would like to ask, “What would be Singson’s motive?”

  14. Chabeli Chabeli

    Chavit & Esperon ?

  15. tayerevo tayerevo

    AdeBrux: The motive is fear.

    Chabeli: Yes, Chavit and Gloria’s military junta.

  16. chi chi

    ystakei Says:

    October 22nd, 2007 at 12:05 am

    Chi,

    Nakakahiya iyan pag napatunayan na iyong mga terrorists galing ng Malacanang!

    ***

    Yuko,

    Galing talaga sa Malacanang ang terorista, number 1 terrorist pa…si Gloria!

  17. luzviminda luzviminda

    “It seems that the person calling himself Sheik Omar and his group are maliciously employing high technology deception by diverting calls to them to cell phone numbers of known political personalities and then feeding their numbers to media reporters and, possibly, government investigators.””

    Dapat ireklamo at ipaimbestiga ng mga affected mobile users ang nangyaring ‘call diversion’ sa mga communication companies. Pwedeng ma-trace iyan kung saan ang source. Baka kagagawan din iyan ng mga kakutsaba ng nagpa-Hello Garci wiretap na walang iba kundi ang sindikato ni Gloria sa ISAFP.

  18. Chabeli Chabeli

    Kung sabagay, Tayerevo, next to jueteng, it’s killing that Chavit is good at !

  19. shivaRN shivaRN

    plan A – impeach me
    plan B – bribe me
    plan C – bomb me
    plan D – confuse me………….. what’s next?……assassinate me?

  20. Jake Las Pinas Jake Las Pinas

    Clearly they wanted to create a diversion and pin this incident down to the critics of the admin. I was surprised that they immediately disregarded the claims of the RSM. They also ruled out an accident. They wanted to blame it on the ‘few good men’. Its a good thing that Sen Trillanes spoke up. Now the spin is that the explosion was an accident. They cant find any trace of RDX when that was all they were saying before. Where is Mayor Binay? He should have his people in there investigating too.

  21. rose rose

    Hindi ba may kasabihan sa military na “confuse the enemy”. Ito na nga ang ginagamit ni Esperon at ang mga kasama niya.

  22. rose rose

    Maiba ako..I read in today’s paper that CBCP is calling for all of us to join in prayers..so did Bishop Pabillo and Bishop Iniquez..ano ba naman kayo influential bishops, we have been praying and persistently praying (as said in the Gospel today) individually..kasi hindi namin kayo maabot-you have been distant at isa pa unlike your “most admired and honorable (????) respected (kayo na lang) president kahit nang daya, nagnakaw, nagsinungaling..wala kaming pera na maiiabot sa inyo..ok lang po isa isa na lang kami magdasal maririnig din mo ng Diyos ang aming dasal kahit sa bahay nalang at hindi sa simbahan..

  23. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    What’s next?……assassinate me?

    Nope! Kick me out or kudeta me. Mr.Esperon and General Ermita will rescue payola Queen Gloria and form a civilian-military ruling junta. They may install kabayan VP Noli De Castro to the ruling junta. Gloria is safe from persecution under this scenario. I believe that the Filipino people will reject ‘kudeta me’ scheme.

    Maybe the GMA text brigade is the under the close supervision of two-disc Ignacio Bunye. Their goal is to create public confusion on Glorietta 2 bombing mayhem. Initial police investigation revealed that traces of C-4 explosives found at ground zero. Everybody knows that C-4 is supposed to be a tightly controlled military arsenal. Gloria and Assperon are not happy with PNP chemist’s RDX findings. By process of elimination the usual suspects are the rogue military elements. Propaganda chief Bunye will do everything under his power to smoke screen Malacanang’s dirty tracts at all cost.

  24. pnoynrs pnoynrs

    this administration is really amazing in that they can sacrifice the livs of innocent civilians just for the purpose of creating diversion from the real issues that they are facing with. gloria, your days are numbered. your ship is sinking faster than the titanic

  25. Ellen,
    Can you verify this with the other journalists who were there at the NSC presscon in Crame. Sabi nung tindero ng tinapa, the moment na binanggit ng taga-crime lab their findings that the traces found were that of a “Military-type explosive”, bigla raw tumayo si Esperon at parang magwo-walkout kaya sinalo ni Noli De Castro at nag-clarifying question kaya bumalik si Esperon sa silya.

    Gusto kong malaman kung tinanggal na ba sa Crime Lab yung nagsabing C4 component yung bomba. Kung tutoo, masarap pigain yung mamang iyon.

  26. nelbar nelbar

    EKSENA

    Isang eksena sa FAMAS, URIAN, FAP at PMPC noong early 80’s(nagpapayabangan ng Best Actor Trophy)

    ERAP: Ronnie, heto nakatanggap na naman ako ng Award, hindi ko na nga mabilang ito kung pangilan na to?

    DA King: Hwag kang mag-alala, makakatanggap din ako nyan! Hindi naman ako inggetero eh.

     

    Meron na namang gustong pumasok sa eksena.

    Ang mga inggetera talaga, agaw eksena na? nanglalaglag pa.

    Dapat sayo dun ka sa Inglaterre.

  27. piping dilat piping dilat

    Calls to Shiek Omar diverted to cell phones of the oppositionists? Well, well, … so someone in the Philippines DO HAVE the capability to manipulate cell phone calls! “Hello Garci” personnels reactivated? mukhang lalong nadidiin ang gobyerno dito sa bombing na ito, ah…

    Who is that stupid police officer that now claims that it is possible that the explosion came from LPG tanks or from the methane from the septic tank or from diesel stored in the vicinity?

    LPG tanks, when they explode, creates FIREBALLs then creates fire… none of these were reported.
    Same thing is true with the methane gas from septic tank.
    And besides traces of the RDX was already detected… meron ba nito ang mga septic tank and LPG tanks?

    And how about diesel? They don’t explode! They don’t easily catch fire! You have to RAISE the temperature of the DIESEL first before igniting otherwise, sayang lang ang pagod mo! ( kaya nga may heater yung diesel engine! )… this is also the reason why it was the preferred fuel for submarines before the nuclear engine because of it is less prone to fire accident unlike gasoline fuel ( na hagisan mo lang ng posporo e sisiklab na! ) … and now this idiot is claiming that DIESEL fuel EXPLODED?

    Ang hirap talaga mag-“alibi”, ano TSIP?

  28. chi chi

    Kung aksidente lang ang bomba, bakit natuliro agad ang EK at meron pang “calls to Sheik Omar diverted to mobiles of the opposition”?

    Bakit naturete si Gloria at Asspweron kung wala silang alam?

    Bakit hindi nila bayaang mag-expose si Trillanes kung meron siyang alam?

    Bakit sa halip na hustisya ang ipangako niya sa nga biktima ay tinapalan niya ng pera at scholarships?

    Bakit pinipigilan niyang magtanong ng tama si Vice Kabayad?

    Kung ‘aksidente’ lang ‘yan bakit “GMA, PNP admit C4 used in blast, but absolve AFP” (Tribune).

    Ang dami naman BAKIT ng aksidenteng ito!

  29. chi chi

    Pwede namang iyong bomba ay ilapit sa gas pipe para pag sabog ay mukhang ‘aksidente’ lang.

  30. Ang dami naman BAKIT ng aksidenteng ito!

    Daming tanong talaga, pero walang sagot!!!

    Patalsikin na, now na!

  31. ipaglaban_mo ipaglaban_mo

    Pwede namang iyong bomba ay ilapit sa gas pipe para pag sabog ay mukhang ‘aksidente’ lang.

    Very convincing argument you have, chi. It worked on me…

  32. Valdemar Valdemar

    call diverting is in vougue with my wife sending x@7,;/ to my younger acquaintances of the lesser breed and surprisingly with my own well kept and guarded signature number.

    The EOD eggsperts went to ground zero and cleaned up the telltale evidences that may incriminate the palace bomber.

  33. Hanip din, Tongue, kung totoo ang kuwentong kutsero mo. My God, tao ang nadadali sa mga ginagawa ng mga hudas na ito, hindi mga hayop! Bakit hindi alam ng mga pilipino iyan?

    Kaya ako walang tiwala diyan kay De Castro. Kung pamilya niya winalanghiya niya, ibang tao pa?  Isa pang walang moralidad ang taong iyan.

  34. iman iman

    Tumpak ka dyan ystakei so iyong mga bomoto sa kumag na iyan..magsisi na kayo…di na pwede dito ang Magandang Gabi Bayan…natutuwa akong panoorin na tumawag kuno sa kanya si Sheikh Omar habang kulay suka naman ang mukha na halatang scripted …parehas kaya ni Unano..hindi lahing artista kaya peke ang acting..kahit si ESPERON at Norberto Gonzales habang nagsasalita..huli mo ..galing sa ilong..Ay naku..paano aasenso ang Bayan neto..puro sinungaling ang nasa gobyerno..paano kaya napagkakatulog ang mga taong yan ..habang nagluluksa ang biktima nila..siguro ko sa SLEEPING PILLS lang…may araw din ang mga yan…sana magrally ang sambayanan..at iupo ang tunay na may malasakit sa bayan katulad ni TRILLANES at few good men sa TANAY..Huwag lang si Lacson please..hari ng kuratong yan at sangkaterba ang miracle assets na pinundar niya noong kasagsagan ang KIDNAP for RANSOM sa mga TSEKWA….

  35. BOB BOB

    ShivaRN,
    maybe ang susunod ay….RAPE ME ? papa-rape siya kay Esperon at Ermita tapos ibubuking niya para ang simpatiya nang tao kanya ! you never know…lahat nang puedeng gawin ni Gluria ginagawa niya,,,,,

  36. BOB BOB

    Si Chavit Swingson nasa Baluarte na niya, balita ko Kino-kondisyon na yung submarino niya…duon sila sasakay ! Tatlo lang ang puedeng sumakay sa submarino niya (si, Gluria , si FG, at siya…)

  37. chi chi

    Ipaglaban_mo,

    Thanks. Lahat kasi ay posibleng gawin ng bruhang si Gloria. She brought it to herself if no one believes her at this point.

  38. martilyo martilyo

    Norberto Gonzales dating miyembro ng Light A Bomb este Fire Movement noong panahon ni Marcos.

  39. Imam, same here. I am not so keen about Lacson. Dati hanga ako sa kaniya noong hindi ko pa siya bistado. Magaling lang mang-istir. Sabi nga puro kiliti lang. Wala namang tinatapos gaya ni Alan Cayetano!!! Yuck!!!

  40. In short, kung sinong nakaupo, doon ang mga ungas. Ganyan din iyong Punong nagdunung-dunungan. Golly, wala na bang matinong hindi nakakulong?

    Kawawang Pilipinas!

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