chesswarsnow
11-23-2009, 08:46 PM
Sorry bout that,
1. But today, muslims murdered those whom would try to go against them in an election.
2. We in USA are not far from this same kind of crap.
3. You hide and watch, the dead bodies may end up being yours.
4. Link and a sample:http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=a57VUNkc.m.A
"By Clarissa Batino and Joel Guinto
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Philippines President Gloria Arroyo ordered security forces to track down gunmen after 25 people were abducted and killed in the country’s worst political violence in years.
“Civilized society has no place for this kind of violence,” Arroyo’s office said in a statement as officials recommended imposing a state of emergency in the southern province of Maguindanao where yesterday’s attack took place.
The military said about 100 gunmen stopped a convoy of 40 people on their way to file papers in support of Buluan City Vice Mayor Esmael Mangudadatu, who planned to run for provincial governor in election’s next year. The politician’s wife and sister as well as journalists were among those abducted, possibly by backers of a rival candidate, Armed Forces spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Romeo Brawner told reporters in Manila.
The bodies were found in the mountainous area of Barangay Salman and the military is trying to confirm reports that they had been mutilated, Brawner said. Troops may find more bodies, he added.
Mangudadatu, who wasn’t traveling with the convoy, said he suspected female members of the group were raped before they were killed.
The province, on the southern island of Mindanao, is a “hotspot” for political unrest as the country prepares for elections, Brawner told ANC television. The Southeast Asian nation, which was wracked by violence during election campaigning in 2007, will choose a new president and thousands of national and local officials in May. The nation’s Commission on Elections will accept filings for candidacies until Dec. 1.
‘Relentless Pursuit’
The president ordered the military and police to conduct an “immediate and relentless pursuit of the perpetrators, to secure the affected areas,” according to the statement. Arroyo’s political adviser, Gabriel Claudio, said the government is “shocked and outraged.”
Jesus Dureza, her adviser on Mindanao, recommended imposing a state of emergency in Maguindanao.
At least 12 journalists were among those killed, Reporters Without Borders said.
“Never in the history of journalism have the news media suffered such a heavy loss of life in one day,” the Paris-based organization said in a statement. “We have often condemned the culture of impunity and violence in the Philippines, especially in Mindanao. This time, the frenzied violence of thugs working for corrupt politicians has resulted in an incomprehensible bloodbath.”
Elections in the Philippines are often marred by violence, with provincial politicians maintaining private militias. In the 2007 mid-term elections, about 60 politicians were killed, according to a May 2007 Philippine Daily Inquirer report, citing data from the police. That number rose 46 percent from 41 in 2004.
The southern Philippines is home to the al-Qaeda-linked militant group Abu Sayyaf and several Muslim rebel groups. "
5. Read the last line, says it all.
Regards,
SirJamesofTexas
1. But today, muslims murdered those whom would try to go against them in an election.
2. We in USA are not far from this same kind of crap.
3. You hide and watch, the dead bodies may end up being yours.
4. Link and a sample:http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=a57VUNkc.m.A
"By Clarissa Batino and Joel Guinto
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Philippines President Gloria Arroyo ordered security forces to track down gunmen after 25 people were abducted and killed in the country’s worst political violence in years.
“Civilized society has no place for this kind of violence,” Arroyo’s office said in a statement as officials recommended imposing a state of emergency in the southern province of Maguindanao where yesterday’s attack took place.
The military said about 100 gunmen stopped a convoy of 40 people on their way to file papers in support of Buluan City Vice Mayor Esmael Mangudadatu, who planned to run for provincial governor in election’s next year. The politician’s wife and sister as well as journalists were among those abducted, possibly by backers of a rival candidate, Armed Forces spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Romeo Brawner told reporters in Manila.
The bodies were found in the mountainous area of Barangay Salman and the military is trying to confirm reports that they had been mutilated, Brawner said. Troops may find more bodies, he added.
Mangudadatu, who wasn’t traveling with the convoy, said he suspected female members of the group were raped before they were killed.
The province, on the southern island of Mindanao, is a “hotspot” for political unrest as the country prepares for elections, Brawner told ANC television. The Southeast Asian nation, which was wracked by violence during election campaigning in 2007, will choose a new president and thousands of national and local officials in May. The nation’s Commission on Elections will accept filings for candidacies until Dec. 1.
‘Relentless Pursuit’
The president ordered the military and police to conduct an “immediate and relentless pursuit of the perpetrators, to secure the affected areas,” according to the statement. Arroyo’s political adviser, Gabriel Claudio, said the government is “shocked and outraged.”
Jesus Dureza, her adviser on Mindanao, recommended imposing a state of emergency in Maguindanao.
At least 12 journalists were among those killed, Reporters Without Borders said.
“Never in the history of journalism have the news media suffered such a heavy loss of life in one day,” the Paris-based organization said in a statement. “We have often condemned the culture of impunity and violence in the Philippines, especially in Mindanao. This time, the frenzied violence of thugs working for corrupt politicians has resulted in an incomprehensible bloodbath.”
Elections in the Philippines are often marred by violence, with provincial politicians maintaining private militias. In the 2007 mid-term elections, about 60 politicians were killed, according to a May 2007 Philippine Daily Inquirer report, citing data from the police. That number rose 46 percent from 41 in 2004.
The southern Philippines is home to the al-Qaeda-linked militant group Abu Sayyaf and several Muslim rebel groups. "
5. Read the last line, says it all.
Regards,
SirJamesofTexas