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1. Bakit nga nung
I ambush mga SAF andun naman pareho ang MILF and BIFF...? Ano pinag kaiba nila?
It was not an ambush.
392 special action force (SAF) officers, there are strike teams and blocking
teams. They flew from Manila to Maguindanao armed to the teeth, ready to kill
and be killed. It was a clear firefight but the terrain is something the
policemen are not familiar with. A corn field which the Fallen 44 ran to may
have hidden canals behind them.
I ask again, Supposed there was no or minimal death among
SAF officers, does it make that huge operation without coordination with the
AFP and MILF justified?
For me, a Yes answer to that question is a suggestion
that the PH government should officially discard the peace agreement. Then PH
government, whether through the AFP or PNP or NBI, can enter anytime anywhere,
in huge numbers with full armaments, with zero recognition of the political,
administrative and police/military jurisdiction of the MILF as stipulated in
the peace agreement.
Is this the scenario that the pro-war people want?
2. “they mutilated
the bodies of the dead SAF".
Prof. Bong Mallonga Mendoza has an answer to that when he
wrote, "a human body hit by either a
0.50 caliber or a special Barrett 413 bullet will be mutilated. No need to
mutilate the same bodies after they died."
3. kailan naging
territory ng MILF /BIFF ang area na hindi puede pasukin ng law enforcers
without asking their permission?
I think Mamasapano, Maguindanao, is not a territory of MILF.
It has no territorial jurisdiction, it is still under the PH state. What the
MILF has under the peace agreement, is political and administrative
jurisdiction. Thus, the public education, public health facilities, police
forces, autonomous legislative body, etc. in areas under the peace agreement
are with the MILF.
That is why for such huge operations involving nearly 400
PNP special force, with dozens of trucks and APCs, I think an official
coordination with MILF and AFP is needed, if we want the peace agreement to be
respected. Otherwise, kanya-kanya na lang,
throw away the peace agreement, PH armed forces can enter anytime, anywhere, in
areas supposedly covered by the peace agreement.
4. Painful as it is
to say this to what our Fallen44 went through, I'm leaning on pursuing this
peace agreement with these rebels for the last time and give peace a chance in
the region.
Precisely. Five or 6 decades of war in Mindanao is not
enough? Some people want 1 or 2 decades or more of war in the south?
Since there is already an existing peace agreement with
the MILF, an international agreement actually as the meetings and place of
signing were held in Kuala Lumpur, witnessed by many foreign government
representatives, the PH govt should have respected it. Learn to respect the
MILF's political and admis jurisdiction there.
Enough of war. Enough of double talk of talking peace
while pursuing war and unilateral attacks.
5. the bloodshed
and the encounters could have been avoided if they were sincere in seeking
peace and arrested the terrorists themselves kaso di nila ginawa e.
The wanted terrorists are said to be in the BIFF-controlled area. Perhaps the
MILF can storm it but it would take huge amount of bloodshed as they do not
have choppers, fighter planes, tanks, other equipment. An ideal
scenario is PNP + AFP + MILF. But the
PNP-SAF implied, “we can do it on
our own, no need for AFP or MILF. No coordination or information
sharing with them needed.”
So, sino ba
nagsimula ng barilan last January 25? The MILF or BIFF stormed Cotabato or
Davao or Manila? No. It was the PH govt’s PNP that stormed a village in
Mamasapano, Maguindanao province, 392 elite forces. No coordination even with
the AFP. The PNP only cried for help when their smaller blocking team was
trapped until they run out of ammo to fight back.
Here's a good food for thought:
'The source said there had been no encounter between the
Army and the MILF since 2010, “which means the MILF is faithful to the peace agreement.”
No encounter between MILF and AFP for the past 5 years,
from 2010, entering the 6th year this year. Peace is possible. No shooting
coming from the MILF or from the AFP.
Now enters the SAF. To get Marwan and the $6M or so bounty
from the US government, to enforce the rule of law, to make the planet safer, what
have you. And shooting has resumed.
6. "How can peace be possible with a group that
coddles terrorists"
Five years of no shooting was not peace? It was 5 years
of war? Weird.
"coddles terrorists" is a hypothesis. The same
way that a statement, "AFP and PNP coddling coup plotters and thieves in
their ranks", "Congress coddling plunderers" are also
hypothesis, possibly verified theories.
The MNLF has burned bridges with the PH govt a long time
ago, they can rampage anytime and they feel they are not breaking any existing
peace agreement.
7. That treacherous
attack by the SAF, knowing that there was a ceasefire in place, was very
wrong...it sabotaged the peace process.
Yes, I agree with this assessment. Confidence building
requires building trust with the people you signed officially with to have
peace, to stop the shooting from both sides.
For me there is treachery on the part
of the PNP leadership, or a faction of
its leadership, that puts a big dent, big distrust, on the peace agreement.
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See also:
Criminals 5: One Year of Maguindanao Massacre, November 23, 2010
Criminals 12: R. Ecleo, A. Ampatuan, J. Reyes, June 02, 2012
MILF, Fallen 44 and Rule of Law, February 01, 2015
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