Update from the Inquirer:Dead soldiers mutilated
This statement by Dolorfino raises the question on the government’s policy towards the MILF:
Philippine Star:
Dolorfino later told a briefing in Zamboanga City that the government suffered 23 killed and 22 others wounded.
He added the Abu Sayyaf were aided by gunmen belonging to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
He said 10 of the rebels killed during the firefight have been identified as MILF guerrillas.
Dolorfino said the MILF guerrillas were helping the Abu Sayyaf by blocking government reinforcements to the area of operations.
“So the presence of the MILF in that area was even questionable, why they joined the Abu Sayyaf group that was the subject of the military in law enforcement in that area,” Dolorfino said.
Dolorfino said they already considered the 10 MILF guerrillas who were killed as “part-time” members of the Abu Sayyaf.
“We really don’t know if they were part-time Abu Sayyaf and part- time MILF, but their presence in the battle area presses a question to the impression that they may be part-time, considering there was an effort to inform all MILF members that there was an impending law enforcement operation in that area,” he said.
MILF spokesman Eid Kabalu confirmed the 10 were members of the front’s 114th base command in the area. He added another fighter has been reported missing.
Kabalu claimed their forces were caught in the crossfire during the encounter.
He said the MILF guerrillas were in the area to prevent the Abu Sayyaf from taking refuge in their area but they were attacked by government troops in Sitio Baba Maputi.
Kabalu said the MILF would file a formal complaint before the joint ceasefire committee to investigate the incident.
The MILF issued a statement in its website, saying the “misbehavior” of the military resulted in the deaths of 10 of its fighters.
The MILF accused the military of violating the suspension of offensive military operations (SOMO).
President Arroyo ordered the SOMO last month to allow the peace negotiations with the MILF to proceed.
Links:
Philippine Star http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=495837&publicationSubCategoryId=63
Inquirer
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090814-220196/44-killed-in-Basilan-war
Kawawang mga pobreng sundalo under the Arroyo regime. Dahil sa gustong gumanda lang ang image niya, the Evilbitch tries making a onerous peace with the rogue MILF disregarding the interest, security and welfare of the AFP.
After GMA’s meeting with Obama, the RP military became very aggressive against the Abu Sayyaf. Iyan ba ang instruction ng US? So that the US interest in that region would be served? At ang kapalit pananatili ni Gloria sa poder.
We are fighting the Abu Sayyaf criminals for no other reason than that they have been commiting criminal acts. The MILF who have been claiming to be fighting for the rights of Muslims in the area have made the situation more complex. We have to determine the basic cause of the problem.
It is the same as a medical doctor trying to treat a patient of cardiovascular disease when it might have been just a complication of diabetes. Diabetes is a problem in the utilization of materials used for energy or funds for the daily operation of the human body. Too much materials circulating but not utilized damages the channels delivering those funds to the heart. That is the cause of cardiovascular problems.
Or it is the same as a medical doctor trying to treat a patient of cancer when it might have been just a complication of HIV. HIV is the corruption of the defense system of the human body. If the defense system becomes dysfuntional, it loses its function of defending the body against abnormal growth and it’s invasion of parts of the body.
Unless we correctly determine the cause of the abnormal growth like that of the Abu Sayyaf in our national body and other complex growths, our national body which is us, the Filipino people as a whole will continue as it has been for decades, to bleed to death.
Just for a start, we can review even just our very recent history in http://jmgpatria.blogspot.com/2009/06/american-invasion-continues_7055.html
This is just an initial review. We can even look further in our history as a nation. From these, we can identify the genesis of the problem. Then we can extract a concrete and organic solution to check the basisc problem.
If we really have very little time, let us just read the paragraph in the aforementioned blog report on the American Invasion Continues, with the subtitle, “Abu Sayyaf”. But reading the whole report and research further on the start of the invasion of the enemy forces will give us a wider perspective.
Ang mga politiko lang naman ang di makaintindi sa sitwasyon dun. For us who have been assigned there in Mindanao, the battle lines have always been clearly drawn. It’s us against them. No matter how we carefully dissect the problem, it would still point to the deeply rooted biases between our two opposing cultures. The 2007 beheadings of the 10 marines and the latest ambush by MILF elements that killed 20 marines are no different to the massacre of 22 marines, also in Basilan, in 1992, when i was still a junior officer assigned there. One thing that was pounded into our brains then was, in that war-torn province, u don’t know who ur enemies are. Pa nakasagupa mo ang isang grupo, lahat na kalaban mo. This is the stark reality out there. I pity these marines for taking the word of the MILF. In the storied campaigns of the Marine Corps during the secessionist war in the 70’s, Basilan has never been kind to the Marines. The MNLF and later on the Abus and the MILF hated the Marines to the bones and vice versa. The recent incident was just a continuation of the perpetual enmity between them. Basta Marines ang kalaban, kukuyugin sila ng MN, MI at Abu. Dolorfino should know that. May God grant eternal rest to the souls of our departed brothers. Semper Fi. . .
Actually this fight about mindanao started because of the spanish invasion and had the spanish invasion delayed by a century or more it would be both Luzon and Mindanao raiding and warring the areas penetrated by christianity…
henry90, looks like you’ve been a former marine officer like me. are you still in active duty? nice to hear from people like you. remember, a marine is always a marine.
Ano ang pagkaka-iba ng MILF at AbuSayaf … wala!!! Parehong rebelde. Bakit inirereklamo ang MILF ng mga military? Ang military ang siyang lumusob kaya dapat napag-aralan na nila ang magiging mangyari. MILF man o AbuSayaf ubusin.
Kawawang mga sundalo dapat lang alisin si Dolorfino sa puwesto.
Ibang klase rin talaga itong MILF. Ngayon sila pa ang me ganang magreklamo ng “misbehavior” laban sa government forces. Huling-huli na ang katraydoran nila na kakampi talaga sila ng Abu-Sayyaf, tigas pa ng pag-tanggi nila. Napatay daw yung mga miyembro nila dahil sa “crossfire”. Kaya pala ang sabi ng mga sugatang tauhan ng army at marines ay parang alam na alam ng mga kalaban nila na darating at kung nasaan sila. Kasi nga ipina-alam pala ng gobyerno sa MILF ang mission nila against Abu Sayyaf. Kaya hayan, maraming napatay na government forces kasi ang akala nilang kakampi nilang MILF ay kakampi pala ng Abu Sayyaf. Dapat sabunin at tanggalin kaagad ang mga pinuno ng government forces na in-charge sa operation na ito. Nasa kamay nila ang dugo ng mga namatay doon.
Kita nýo folks, masyadong nagmamarunong itong si gloria and her cabals of kurap generals and traditional politicians…yan ang mangyayari sa mga pobreng Kawal & Pulis-patola, gawing praktisan ng mga rebelde?
Imagine, di ko malirip…sa dinami-dami ng Kasundaluhan e kaya pang paglalangan nitong mga rebelde, mayroon silang tangke, tora-tora, trucks pero itong mga kawatan ano kundi makipag-hide and seek lamang.
Sayang yong pinaghirapan ng Pangulong Erap na binawa halos 40+ na kampo ng MILF for sure kasama na diyan yong sa Abu Sayaf, pero ano ang ginawa ng mga akala mo ang gagaling na General problems? Isinauli lahat sa mga rebelde, namputsa…ang daming nagbuwis ng buhay upang mabawi ang mga ito e sa ilang iglap lamang ibinalik ng rehime.
O ano ngayon, ang dami na namang natepok na sundalo/pulis-patola…palitan yang mga General problems na yan at ilagay yong may utak at diskarte para mabawasan ang casualty.
Hay naku buhay nga naman…may posibilidad na gawin alibi yan ng rehime upang magdeclare ng martial rule, sige kayo…bantayan sila ng maigi at baka strategy lang yan upang isakripisyo ang mga pobreng Kawal pero iba pala ang plano ng mga ganid.
kapag marunong kang sumipsip, mag-galit-galitan, manigaw, mag utos, at magpapogi sa media puede ka ng maging general kahit wala kang utak ganito sa bansa natin sana sa buong mundo rin.
milf, abu sayyaf o npa walang magagawa sa gobyerno kung gustong pulbusin. hanggat may tao sa pilipinas puedeng mag hire ng sundalo at pulis ang gobyerno kaya imposibleng matalo. hindi naman tao ang tingin ng ibang general sa mga karaniwang sundalo kundi gamit lang. expendable ika nga.
kapag nawala ang mga rebelde wala ng delihesya ang general bakit nga niya uubusin ito.
naaalala ko noon na nag-uusap ang isang general at apat na colonel noong nauso ang bank robbery. ang sabi ng general lahat ng bank lagyan ng pulis kapag nagkaroon ng holdap dapat patay din yung pulis dahil kapag nabuhay ibig sabihin tumakbo ito. nasabi ko na lang sa sarili ang gagaling talaga ng mga nanggaling sa academy
Kalampag,
Sinabi mo pa….ayaw ng mga heneral at politiko na matapos ang gulo dahil wala na silang delihensiya. Sayang ang hazard pay….ang bentahan ng bala at baril….at ang perang patong sa ulo ng kalaban!
Ang mga bala at baril ng mga sundalo at kalaban ay iisa ang brand at galing sa gobiyerno.
KAWAWANG MGA SUNDALO….LARUAN NG MGA POLITIKO AT GENERAL ANG BUHAY!!! May they rest in peace…..!
Sayang na buhay…sayang na prinsipio….kawawang pamilya ng mga naulila!
Balweg,
GUSTO MONG MATAPOS AGAD ANG GULO SA MINDANAO???
MGA SARHENTO ANG PAGGAWIN MO NG DISKARTE! Malaki na ang isang buwan tapos ang gulo. Tahimik ang Pinas.
Ang mga bala ay galing sa AFP na napunta sa mga bandido…pati mga baril. Masakit ano? Blame it on the Generals who made money out of this crisis in Mindanao.
Update from Inquirer:
Dead soldiers mutilated
‘We have beheaded your loved one’
By Inquirer Mindanao, Julie Alipala
Philippine Daily Inquirer
ZAMBOANGA CITY—Most of them bore hack wounds. One had his head nearly severed.
And as they lay dying or dead, one of the Abu Sayyaf bandits sent a text message to the wife of one of the fallen Marines: “Pinugutan na namin ang mahal mo (We have beheaded your loved one).”
Rosalyn Toroy, 26, broke into tears when she showed the Philippine Daily Inquirer the message. It was sent from her husband’s own cellphone, which the Abu Sayyaf bandit had apparently taken from his body…
Inquirer:http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090815-220330/Dead-soldiers-mutilated
This is a challenge to the AFP and this Arroyo government. How many more soldiers need to die? Sana si Gloria na lang ang pinugutan niyo at hindi ang sundalo.
Hate is an all-pervading attitude of War. I grew up in Fort Bonifacio during the marcos regime and we would have daily scheduled brown-outs everyday for the trucks filled with caskets of slain soldiers from Mindanao to enter the camp. All around us live colonels/generals with spoils of war from blue and white jars, artifacts etc either sold by unscrupulous businesspeople or confiscated or something. Soldiers of both camps hate the enemy for killing their comrades brutally. Once got to know of a story of a naive (yet kind) young officer who took care of a wounded enemy. When the guy (enemy) got better, he killed the young officer. War is war…
What I exactly meant at response#3 is not fighting the Abu Sayyaf but cutting them and their mind set for our objective. This is supposed to be an advanced response to the question of one of the grieving women of the slain soldiers: “…How many more soldiers will sacrifice their lives for a war without end?”
Normal Filipinos among us naturally want this to end. Pablo, a brother of one of the slain soldiers said that before that could happen, the government should be serious in its campaign against the Abu Sayyaf.
What I also meant in that response#3 is that GMA has really a different objective. That is GMA objective is just in collaboration with that of the Americans: To create a situation which perpetuates our dependence on them and justifies their perpetual physical presence in our archipelago. This way, the Americans continue their control of our resources.
Doctors among us morally want to put an end at the shortest possible time, to the disease of our patients. Lawyers among us, morally want to put a favorable end at the shortest possible time the legal cases of our clients. In the same manner, soldiers among us want to put an end at the shortest possible time to the Abu Sayyaf and to all security threats to our Filipino people. Do we not?
Then surely we must be interested in the solution. Then we know that before the solution, the problem must first be identified. And we know that to eliminate the problems, the underlying cause of all these problems– the genesis must be identified. Then thru where else can we identify the genesis?
Iisa lang ang batas ng digmaan…. KILL OR GET KILLED!
KUNG DI KITA KAKAMPI, KALABAN KITA!
Una sa lahat, ang aking taos pusong pakikiramay sa mga naulila ng ating magigiting na sundalo. My salute to my former comrades-n-arms.
Ang tanong ko ay kung bakit pinaalam sa MILF na mayroong operasyon na gagawin ang military doon sa parteng iyon ng Basilan?
That tragedy was bound to happen because the enemy knew our soldiers were coming and this is according to Marine General Ben Dolorfino who was quoted to have said: “…considering there was an effort to inform all MILF members that there was an impending law enforcement operation in that area,”. No wonder Dolorfino was never acceptable to the Marines when he was designated by the evil bitch as their Commandant. He is now the Commanding General of Western Command which has jurisdiction over Basilan. Basing on newspaper accounts, most of the government casualties were from the reinforcing elements that literally walked into the waiting Muslim rebels. This is a well known and established pattern where after an enemy (NPA or MILF) initiated encounter, government reinforcement is ambushed. How come there were no armor and air support? Was it because Dolorfino did not want to make the operation too obvious and glaring that will attract media attention so as not to antagonize the evil bitch who ordered a ceasefire?
Una sa lahat, ang aking taos pusong pakikiramay sa mga naulila ng ating magigiting na sundalo. My salute to my former comrades-n-arms.
saan ba galing na military academy etong si mr. dolorfino? napakaTANGA! saan ka nakakita ng military operations na sasabihan mo ang kaaway mo kung saan ka pupunta at kung ano ang plano mo. TANGA! TANGA! TANGA!
Ang inu-una kasi ng mga dating General(umpisahan natin kay Ramos) at sana hindi pa nahawa ang mga bagong General … ay yong papano kikita ng kuwalta. Pati mga baril at bala sana ng mga sundalo ay ibinebenta. Ayaw ng mga General ng amnesty sa mga rebelde dahil pag tahimik na ang kapaligiran .. wala na silang kikitain. Wala na silang budget na pagkukunan ng salapi. Kagaya na lang ang nangyari sa Balikatan fund na sabi ay winaldas ng kanilang General. Palagay niyo kaya yong General lang na binanggit ang nakinabang? Na master na ang mga ilang General ang pangungulimbat. Ang kawawa ay yong mga kasundaluhan.
Tama ka kaibigang taga-ilog. Galing gobyerno ang mga bala na pumatay sa ating mga sundalo’t inosenteng sibilyan. Iba na talaga kung maglaro ang mga henerals.
henry90,
Don’t forget the incidents in Danag Market, Patikul, Sulu in October 1976 when BGen Teodulfo Bautista and a company minus composed of officers and men from Div Hqs and 18th Inf Bn were brutally massacred by Usman Sali and his men during a perceived negotiation for their (Usman Salis’ group) surrender and Pata Island in 1980 wherein the Bn Commander of the 31st Inf Bn, LtCol Jacinto Sardual and the whole Coy Hqs were cold bloodedly mowed down by the rebels in an also perceived peace talk. Only two draftees seriously wounded were able to survive.
Kindly read the history of the Mindanao conflict not only during your days but also those written when you were not yet born.
It is not only the marines who are fighting the rebels, it the whole armed forces.
All out offensive order. Ceasefire when in hot pursuit of the enemy who cannot position themselves in defense so as to regroup, recruit and replenish.
No wonder, kahit sino’ng matinong military commander ang ilagay, walang resulta kundi nagkalat na sundalong patay. Eh, kasingTANGA ni dolorfinger ang CG, Westmincom, baka bandang huli, sila na lang mag-isa ang matira.
Only in Lola Dapangdede’s fake administration.
………”SIYA na lang mag-isa ang matira…”
mbw,
What you were saying was in 1970’s. Tama ka. Truck loads of dead soldiers arrived during those days. Kapag nag-brown out na, asahang ang paglapag ng C-130 o C-123 ay kargado ng mga cadavers from Mindanao.
Kapag merong isang inialis na kabaong sa post chapel, sampu ang kapalit. Marami pa ang naghihintay na mabihisan sa QMGRC mortuary.
Bakit dapat pakinggan ang demands ng MILF or any rebel groups?
TANGA ang sino mang presidente (kunsabagay, hindi ko kinikilala at kikilalanin kailanman itong si Lola Dapangdedeng laylay na) na tatalima sa kagustuhan ng alinmang grupo ng mga rebelde. Dapat sa mga ‘yan, PULBUSIN.
Hihingi ng ceasefire? Panlilinlang lang ‘yan! Ang gagawin ng mga ‘yan, magpapanumbalik puwersa (regroup), magre-recruit at magpapanibagong lakas (replenish).
Ilang beses nang nangyari ang makapanindig balahibong pagmasaker sa ating mga kawal, HUWAG nang ulitin pa.
Kilabutan naman sila!
if they don’t want real peace,kill them all.
Kita niyo nawala na naman sa isyu yong hapunan sa NY at D.C., yong biglang yaman ng mga Arroyo at yong National Artist scam. Eto nagnga-ngaw-ngaw na naman ang bruha —- “annihilate AbuSayaf!!!!”. Di kaya “kolateral dameyg” lang itong mga sundalong napaslang? Palagay ko may medal at kuwalta na naman itong si Dolorfino. Pasensiya na talaga at wala na talaga akong tiwala sa palakad ng Pekeng Pangulong ito.
Dapat lipulin lahat ang mga rebelde NPA, AbuSayyaf, MILF walang ititira. Para isa lang ang magha-hari ito ay ang ARMed FORCES of the PHILLIPINES.
Ang gusto ng mga rebelde makuha ang Mindanao, NO MORE, NO LESS
Ang sabi ng pamahalaan DI SILA PAPAYAG.
Bakit pa kailangan ang peace talk e paulit-ulit ng nangyayari ito at wala namang resulta.Lagi na lang naiisahan ang mga sundalo.
Mga negosyador lang ang namumunini ng biyahe at allowance!!!
Mga heneral lang ang nagkakapera!!!
MGA SUNDALO…MAGISIP-ISIP KAYO. Pinaglalaruan lang kayo.
sabi nga ng asawa kong ultra-perceptive at times…one way to make all these ostentatious dinners go back stage is come out with another dramatic news—recall Glorietta?
These ambushes could have been avoided tactically. Stupid errors done by higher ups are often taken in by the foot soldiers. Gloria off to give her sympathies and…ano ba iyon tawag? crocodile tears.
Dawn:
I understand where u are coming from. But that is not my point. Alam ko marami kayo na dating mga Army dito. The point im driving is, Dolorfino apparently did not learn anything from the Marines’ previous debacles in Basilan. Mag-ooperate ka pero magpapaalam ka muna sa MILF? Ano yun suicide? You and I know, including those who were assigned there, na pag nagkaputukan na, lahat na moklo doon magiging kalaban mo na by reason of consaguinity or affinity. Kaya nasabi kong galit na galit ang mga taga Basilan sa Marines kasi NO MAN’s LAND palagi ang area pag inoperate na. Ibig sabihin, pag nagpaiwan ka dun, kakampi ka. Alam mo at alam ko na kailangang gawin yun para maliwanag talaga kung sino ang kalaban mo at wala kang iisiping may babaril sa likod mo na bata o kaya babae.Fast forward sa nangyari recently. Mga babae at bata katulong ng mga taragis sa pamamaslang. Tapos malalaman mo na lang na nagpaalam naman pala sa MI? Tamang OPSEC ba yun? I hope u get my point. What i wrote above was a reaction to the recent debacle(again!) of the marines. It was not intended to diminish the glory and the rich history of the campaigns of the other armed services in Mindanao. Im aware of what happened in Patikul and Pata. Lahat nagkakamali. But i can only speak for the marines. Thanks.
Kailan kayo nakakita sa isang pamahalaan na hihingi pa ng permiso sa ibang grupo para lusubin ang mga teritorio na pag-aari ng bansa? Only in the Philippines.
Henry90,
I understand and sorry kung medyo may bahid pait ‘yung comment ko.
Ewan ko ba kung ano’ng tunay na pinagdaanan ni MGen Dolfinger at ang combat operation (of any kind) ay dapat ipaalam sa rebelling group (kahit pa merong SOMO agreement with them).
He should also consider na ang sino mang nasa loob ng target area, bata man o matanda, kahit pa babae, lalo’t armado ay kalaban, ibobrodkas pa ‘yung lakad ng tropa?
Kinalimutan na yata niya ang secrecy discipline, eh. O, talagang may plagka-Andrew E siya’t natutuwa kapag napepepste ang mga tauhan niya.
Naaalala ko na naman si Gen Canieso na kapag humingi ka ng fire support, ang bala ng kanyon ay sa likuran ng tropa ang bagsak at ang katwiran ay upang umabante ang operating troops dahil nasa unahan ang kalaban. Palibhasa’y Ilonggo at kalaban ni Apo Macoy, parang nakakainsulto pang sasabihin na marami pang Ilocano sa Luzon.
“Never tell to your friend what you do not want your enemy to know.”
Cheers!
Dawn:
Hahaha. . .natawa ako doon kay Toto Canieso. . .kabayan ko yun. . .
henry90,
Totoo ‘yun!
Kahit itanong mo pa, kung meron kang kababayang naging tauhan niya noong 1970’s na na-assigned sa Cotabato.
Ang palamuti sa Bn Hq 6 jeep niya ay pinatuyong pugot na ulo ng tao.
Noong maging PATC commandant ‘yan sa Fort Magsaysay, panahon din ni Apo Macoy, ‘yung rebulto ni Pangulong Ramon Magsaysay ay ipinihit niya dahil tinatalikuran daw ‘yung bandila ng Pilipinas, kaya ini-relieved siya. Naging Army chief pagkatapos ng Edsa 1.
henry90, Ellen,
Maiba ako. Tuloy na ba ‘yung promotion ng mga bagong heneral? Isa kasi doon ay kamag-anak ko. Dating kasama nina Bgen LIM sa YOU. He’s a PMA Cl ’80 better known as Nognog sa kanyang mga ka-mistah at sa buong Marines.
Ewan lang kung naging malasado na rin ang kanyang prinsipyo.
Balweg, ikaw ba ito? Huwag mong gawing sanctuary itong blog natin at baka mapahamak kaming lahat:
Balweg tagged as planner of Bersamin’s ambush
By Non Alquitran (The Philippine Star) Updated August 16, 2009 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines – A captured communist rebel leader was identified as the one who planned the assassination of Abra Rep. Luis “Chito” Bersamin in front of a church in Quezon City three years ago, police said Saturday.
Freddie Dupo, former vice mayor of La Paz town in Abra, told police that Jovencio Balweg, whom they addressed as “Uncle,” was allegedly present when Bersamin’s assassination was discussed during meetings in La Union and a safehouse in Marikina City.
Bakit akala ba ninyo kakalas ang mga moro sa Pilipinas kung maganda ang trato sa kanila? I doubt.
I knew Nur Misuari when he was younger. Scholar siya noon sa Asian Center sa UP when I was a student assistant there. Mabait siya. Kaya nagtaka ako when I heard of what the system had done and made of him. Kundi baka nananahimik siya and being satisfied with being what he should have been—a law-abiding citizen and an academic!
Lalong frustrations, lalo na siguro ngayon with a criminal leading the country to perdition.
Kawawang Pilipinas!
Dodong, alam na sa Bangued, Abra na si Valera ang nagpapatay kay Bersamin. Magkamag-anak sila, ang bahay nila – bakod lang ang pagitan. Dahil sa politika nagpapatayan na sila.
Yes, it’s a family dispute for many years. Parang mga Crisologo at Singson noon. And look at them now…the criminal Singson and ex-convict Crisologo are friends today both close to Malacanang.
Dawn,
Kamag-anak mo pala si Nognog?! haha! Kilala ko yan. Okay yan. Matagal na kaming hindi nagkikita. Pero knowing him, hindi basta-basta nagiging malasadong klase ang prinsipyo nyan.
I hope ganun pa rin siya till now. And I hope he gets promoted. He deserves it. Kahit nognog yun!
Bakit pa nagtiwala sa MILF ang military kaya ayun ang MILF ang nag-tip sa Abu Sayyaf. MILF of course is more sympathetic to Abu as fellow Muslims. Tanga ang gobyerno!
enciong,
Hindi kami gaanong naging close ni Nognog. Mga hubo pa kami’t balbas sarado sa sipon ay nagkahiwalay na noong lumipat kami sa bayan ng tatay ko. Muli kaming nagkita noong December 1976, the night before he was admitted in the academy samantalang patulak din ako papuntang Jolo sa aking assignment.
Nakasama ko ang kanyang mga naging ka-mistah habang siya naman ay na-assigned sa Tawitawi.
Hanggang ngayon ay since that parting night ay hindi pa uli kami nagkita. Noon sanang ilibing ang tatay niya after the last coup in 1989, kaya lamang ay hindi siya makalantad kundi noong binigyan sila ng pardon ni Tabako.
Hindi na rin ako bumalik sa serbisyo at naglagalag na lang ako dito sa disyerto, hanggang ngayon.
Kabalu claimed their forces were caught in the crossfire during the encounter.
He said the MILF guerrillas were in the area to prevent the Abu Sayyaf from taking refuge in their area but they were attacked by government troops in Sitio Baba Maputi.”
Isa pang ulol itong si Eid Kabola. Puwede namang salubingin nila ang tropa nang maayos upang igiya sa pinaglulunggaan ng Abu Sayyaf. Ayaw pang amining mga tauhan niya ang nakalaban ng Marines at umambush sa reinforcing elements.
Lahat ito, anumang paliwanag, KASALANAN LAHAT ng isa sa pinakamagaling na strategist ngayon ng Armed Forces, si MGen Ben Mohammad DOLORFINO.
Kulang pa sa inutil na ito ang tadtarin nang FINONG FINO bilang kabayaran sa buhay ng mga kawal na parang hayop na kinatay ng kanyang mga kaibigan. Kawawa ang pamilya ng bawat nasawi sa walang kuwentang laban.
Putang ina ka Dolorfino! Hindi namin dinanas noon ang ipagkanulo ng ganito MISMO ng aming commanding general.
Hudas ka!
Para kong nakikita ang kawawang kalagayan ng mga reinforcing forces na ginawang pain nitong si Dolorfino. Pinapasok sa killing zone, wala halos pagkukublihan at saka niratrat nang walang habas.
Kung sa highground ang mga kalaban, binalewala ng mga opisyales na kasama ang security during movement. Dapat ay hindi sa low ground ang dinaanan with an assumption of a would be ambush na siyang karaniwang isinasagawa ng kalaban kapag na-outnumbered and outfought nila ang tropa.
Dapat ay matuto na sila ng leksiyon sa hindi mabilang na pangyayari at huwag nang susunod sa mga heneral na gunggong kahit utos pa ng kutonglupa sa malakanyang.
Dito pala mas nababagay yung comment ko sa mas bagong thread kaya ipo-post ko na rin:
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I don’t understand why Dolorfino is still there.
Do we really have golfish-short memories to forget that this moron, together with a presidential adviser and some soldiers, were captured by Ustadz Malik when he went to the MILF camp to negotiate the surrender of some 50 inmates that escaped the Kidapawan jail which includes suspected terrorists?
His excuse was that he was asked by Malik to spend the night there and come to agree on the schedule when the tripartite dialogue between MNLF, OIC and GRP would push through. As if we didn’t know that MILF was formed out of disgruntled MNLF commanders who didn’t agree with Misuari’s autonomy agreement with Imelda/Khaddafy and instead were pushing for secession.
Why would Malik pursue a tripartite meeting that would uphold mere autonomy, that is very un-MILF! Further, MI does not speak for MNLF. Oh again, he expected us to believe the contrary, and this bozo is a general and was even promoted to Westmincom commander after his stint from NCRCom.
Second, was it his busines to negotiate for the return of the jail escapees when it was the job of the police to enforce the law on common crimes?
Finally, his official excuse that they were asked to spend the night is totally unbecoming. He should have been sacked immediately after this fiasco.
He was literally and figuratively admitting they were sleeping with the enemy for crying out loud!
What kind of commanders do we expect to lead us, when those (GMA and company) who assign them have a different vision for our nation.
Has it not been their vision to turn this nation into their personal milking cow? But then how can that be when there are the Americans and the Chinese who are really the ones who are controlling our country? Well GMA had always been facilitating for these people the legitimacy of the legislative, judicial and executive powers of the GMA government thru which they perpetually exploit our resources to attain their own economic and security vision? They are mutually covering each other’s flank. GMA providing the legitimacy cover. The Chinese and the Americans providing GMA a share of their control of our nation.
As for the Americans, the global terrorism issue in Mindanao has provided them legitimacy cover for their presence in this country which is a strategic location for their vision of their regional security. The objective for the Americans should then be to prolong as much as possible the global terrorism in Mindanao to legitimize their presence for as long as is necessary for them. To realize this objective, collaboration of an apparently legitimate Filipino government is valuable. GMA who happens to be around has made herself very conveniently available for providing those particular needs of the Americans.
So, what do we expect from GMA, assign commanders whose vision is to end the sufferings of us Filipinos by attaining lasting peace in Mindanao? What do we expect, that GMA assign commanders who have the desire and the capability to cut out the Abu Sayyaf and their culture?
So, until now, do we not yet see our enemies? In combat, an enemy is somebody who forces his will against us. It does not matter whether we are submitting to his will or not. What matters is whether his will is our destruction or not. What is the effect of the American and Chinese invasion of our country since the 1900’s? From an independent and proud of our race people to a people dependent of these invaders and who despise our own. Let us look at the state of our defense, politics and economy.
Based on the aforementioned, the enemies are those foreigners who have been controlling our nation since the 1900’s until this very moment. GMA has been collaborating with the enemies. That is an act of treason. This warrants an arrest of the perpetrator of such an act. This warrants an arrest if we want to end to more deaths of our Filipinos– civilians as well as soldiers.
Dawn,
Hayaan mo. Pag nagkrus muli ang landas namin ni Nognog, I’ll mention you to him. Kung hindi ako nagkakamali, nandun pa rin siya sa South till now.
Alam natin ang basics, pare ko. Sigurado akong alam din ng mga na-wallop yan. Pati na ang real stituation sa ground. Magagaling ang mga kasama natin dun. Sigurado ko yan.
Nga lang, pag na-violate ang Principles of War ng mga nasa itaas, asahan nating kahit anong galing ng mga tropa sa ibaba, makakatay silang mga nasa ibaba.
Valiantly fighting to the death till they fell one by one… dahil lang sa stupidity ng mga nasa itaas!
Kapatid na Enciong,
Thank you ng marami. Although he would hardly remember me dahil nga sa tagal na hindi kami nagkita at lalong hindi nga naging close noong mga bata pa kami (hindi kasi gaanong palakibo ang mamang ‘yun) pakisabi na lamang na I was very eager to meet him even before lalo na noong makasama ko sa 10th Inf Bn ang ka-mistah niya na si dating Lt Jose Ronnie Velasco na nagsabi sa akin na assigned siya noon sa MBLT2 (yata) sa tawitawi.
Naging kapwa reformist pero hindi nagkaroon ng pagkakataon na magtagpo ang aming landas na lalong lumabo nang ipasiya kong tuluyan ng iwan ang serbisyo.
Paki-congratulate at sigurado akong very proud ang pamilya nila at ang buong angkan dahil siya ang kaunaunahang naging heneral (dadalawa kasi kami, siya opisyal, ako sitaw lamang ang nasa balikat) na magsisilbing halimbawa sa mga susunod sa aming yapak.
Again, maraming salamat.
BL: Mabuti’t nung iwan mo’ng serbisyo’y sa desyerto ka napadpad. Kung dito ka lang sa siyudad ay malamang yung sitaw mo, madadagdagan ng kalabasa. Konting gata’t ulam na.
Dawn,
Ganyan talaga… may kanya-kanya tayo ng mga landas na tinatahak.
At hindi mahalaga kung estrelya o sitaw man ang nasa balikat mo. Ang mahalaga ay character.
Hayaan mo, I’ll see to it na makarating kay Nognog ang pasabi mo. Sasabihan ko rin si Ronnie about you pag nagkita kami.
He he he heeh!
‘Kaw talaga, Tongue. Okey ‘yang mga punch lines mo, eh. Hindi mais.
Ka Enciong, I’m beginning to wonder kung bakit kilala mo ang mga ‘yan.
Si Ronnie, tahimik din lang, parang si Nognog, pero koboy at madaling makuha ang ugali. Hindi maramot. Mas komportable pa siyang EM ang mga kasama. Madalas namin siyang kainuman ng tuba doon sa malapit sa grand mosque sa Alat kapag namimili kami ng provisions na dadalhin sa Kayawan, Pata Island.
Kapag manghaharana, siya palagi ang team leader namin.
Dawn,
Hehe! Ako din. I’m also beginning to wonder why someone with such intellect, insights, and character like you, eh, sitaw lang kamo ang nalagay sa balikat.
Mukhang mas marami ka pa yatang gray matter kesa kay Nognog, eh! hehe!
Pero nice to know yang mga kwento mo on Ronnie. Lalo na yung harana. Alam kong mahilig kumanta yon kahit noong araw. No wonder, team leader. Hehe!
Ganyan din si Nognog. Yang pag-describe mo on how Ronnie handles his men, ganyan din si Nognog. Kaya mahal ng mga bata niya yan.
Ibig kong sabihin ng “harana” ay ‘yung paglakad ng tropa sa gabi kapag merong order to conduct prophylactic patrol.
Nakita ko rin siyang pilit itinatago ang pagluha noong minsang na-ambush ang tropa na ilan ang casualty sa tauhan niya. Parang sinadyang hindi kami kasama sa forward clearing elements na siyang na-pinned down ng kalaban.
I can feel na ganoon din si Nognog and being a relative, proud na ako para sa kanyang achievements, ipinagmamalaki pang mahal siya ng mga tauhan niya.
Dawn,
Pardon me for the misinterpret.
Yes, mahal sila ng mga tauhan nila. I’m proud of Nognog, too. Mas malapit ako sa kanya kesa kay Ronnie. Though kaibigan ko rin si Ronnie.
Ganyan lang naman magdala ng tao. Maging tutoo ka lang sa kanila, you don’t cheat them and care for their welfare, they’ll take care of you with their lives.
Ganyan sina Nognog, Ronnie, and many, many other young PMAyers in the field. I am proud of them.
Ka Enciong,
Maaaring magtaka si Nognog kung bakit kilala ko siya, pakisabing siya rin ang pinsan kong si Boyet na kapatid ni Freddie na pinsang buo ni Cesar na nakatira sa may gitnang purok ng Sinalhan.
I could hardly remember the names of our other kamag-anak sa kanilang lugar. Hindi na nagkaroon ng pagkakataong magkasamasama mula nang yumao ang aming mga lelang na siyang nagbibigkis sa aming angkan. Biruin ba ‘yung almost forty years na hindi kami nagkikitakita?
Kung magiging heneral ang mamang ‘yan, mahaba pa ang mabungang maipagsisilbi niya sa AFP. Kung hindi ako nagkakamali ay wala pa siyang singkuwenta o baka katutuntong lang. Who knows, baka maging CSAFP pa kung nakaguhit sa kanyang yagbols, di ba?
Dawn,
Kung hindi ako nagkakamali ay katutungtong pa lang ng singkwenta ni Nognog. That means may mga apat na taon pa siyang natitira bago mag-compulsory retirement.
Sa pagiging Commandant, PMar, malabo na siya kay Rusty ’81. Bata pa si Rusty at nauna na sa kanya. Kaya sa possibility of becoming CSAFP, mas malabo na si Nognog. Na-delay kasi siya noon dahil sa exploits niya with RAM.
Pero okay na yung magka-estrelya siya. Malaking accomplishment na yun for him. And I am happy for him. He deserves it.
Ikaw naman. Minsan na nga lamang akong mangarap para sa kamag-anak, eh.
Pero tama ka. Pasalamat na rin kung sakaling lumanding din sa balikat niya ang unreachable stars. At least, hindi na kami sa malayo tatanaw. Puntahan lamang namin siya sa kanyang tahanan, mahihimas pa namin at maipagmamalaki ng buong angkan.
Saan na nga ba siya nakatira ngayon? Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.
Pag-uwi ko, gawin kong isang misyon ang kami ay muling magkita at magkaharap.
Ka Enciong, sa pamamagitan nitong Ellenville, maraming salamat. Ikaw siguro ang aming missing link.
Mabuhay ka! Sana magkita rin tayo.
Kung puwede rin, paki-publish kahit na isang dummy e-mail address mo where I can send mine.
Or, maybe you can ask Ms. Ellen about my e-mail address.
Ms. Ellen, please?
Bukang Liwayway and balweg madami kayong satsat! kayo kaya ipadala at mag isip ng taktika sa basilan?!? MAY MAGAGAWA BA YANG TALIM NG DILA NYO? Mga putang ina at ama nyo puro kayo sat sat mga putak ng putak…Mauuna pa kayong mamatay sa highblood bago kayo mapatay ng mga bandido…
wag kayo mag dunung dunungan mga putang ina nyo! OO TINUTUKOY ANG LAHAT NG NAG COMMENT DITO…masyado kayong Madada at panay satsat…yang bunganga nyo bang yan ay may magagawa para matapos ang gera don? mga putang ina ninyo ginawa ng militar ang lahat para pulbusin na yang mga bandido na yan
Hindi ka pwede basta basta susugod na lang kung may tatamaaan na ibang grupo na NAKIKIPAG AYOS NA SA GOBYERNO…tinutulkoy ko ang ibang MILF na nakikipag ayos na sa gobyerno…madadamay sila kapag nilusob na ang mga hayup na abu sayaf na yan… KINAILANGAN LANG NA IPAG PAALAM SA KANILA na may operasyon sa Abu sayaf mga putang ina ninyo hindi nyo ba naiisip na pwedeng sumiklab uli ang Gulo between MILF at Militar kung sakaling susugod na lang don ang mga Militar at masasagasaan ang Grupo ng MILF na nakikipag ayos na sa pamahalaan SPELL “PEACE TALKS” Bitch!
Hindi porke na tinawag nyong TANGA ang isang tao ay nangangahulugan na Matalino na kayo…PUTANG INA NINYO! KAYO NA ANG SUMUGOD SA BASILAN OO! KAYONG LAHAT NA DADA NG DADA DITO…SUMUGOD KAYO SA BASILAN….
Sigurado ako humigit kumulang PATAY KAYONG LAHAT DAHIL HINDI KAYA PATAYIN NG MGA WALANG KWENTANG REKLAMO NYO ANG MGA BANDIDO….
Putang Ina nyong lahat Inuulit ko! Salamat at magandang umaga!
Hahaha!
Dawn,
Mukhang may isang tililing na sumingit dito. hehe! Papansinin ba natin ito? Ni hindi niya alam ang sinasabi niya. Pati ikaw dinamay.
Anyway, I’ll see how i can get in contact with Nognog. Matagal na rin akong walang balita sa kanya. Though I’m sure nasa south pa rin siya. I’ll try to inquire sa PMar. Then if I’d be successful at it, I’ll send it to you thru Ms Ellen.
Ka Enciong, maraming salamat.
Hayaan na natin ‘yan. Mahirap pumatol sa ganyang taong halatang halata na pakawala lamang para manggulo.
Bata ‘yan nina Dolorfino at John Rat.
Here in Japan, walang mga pakawala. Kaya nga ayaw ko nang umuwi sa Pilipinas kasi nakakahiya ang mga Pilipino. Mga traidor sa bawa’t isa. I remember during my father’s duty in the Philippines in WW2, many Filipinos turned Makapili. Akala ko ba makaPilipino sila iyon pala Makapili. Akala ko sa Bicol lang ang may Pili.
Hehe!
Nice play of words, Susy!
Dawn,
Si John Rat kilalang-kilala ko rin yan. Matino yan noong araw. Pero nasira din ng sistema.
Thanks enciong. My real name is actually Sushi in Japanese. Ginawa ko lang Susy para maintindihan ng iba.
Nice name, Sushi..!
Can’t blame you. Same sentiment here.
Diyan ba sa Japan, kung may sampung Pilipino sa isang Prefecture, aasahan kong may sampung Filipino communities din na led by each of the ten Filipinos?
Nakakadismaya, eh.
That is true in the US and Canada. Saw that myself, first-hand. Di ako gulat kung ganyan din diyan.