From: "Magnus Bernhardsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Peoples War] Fwd: [ibon] Arroyo is Plunging the Country into an All-Out Civil War *********** Vidaresendt melding *********** Den 17.01.02 klokka 17:29 skreiv IBON Reach Expansion Department <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : ARROYO IS PLUNGING THE COUNTRY INTO AN ALL-OUT CIVIL WAR The Arroyo administration's decision to allow US troops on Philippine soil to supposedly help the government hunt down members of the Abu Sayyaf may plunge the country into an all-out civil war and US intervention. This is the warning aired by IBON Foundation, an independent socio-economic research institution, in its Yearend Economic and Political Briefing held last January 15 at the PSSC Auditorium in Quezon City. IBON Research Director Antonio Tujan Jr. scored President Arroyo for holding Oplan Balikatan military exercises in Basilan and Zamboanga, which he described as a "very provocative act," and echoed fears of many that the target of these so-called military exercises may eventually include other armed groups fighting the Philippine government. Tujan debunked official claims that US military troops are here just to train soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the latter's effort to stamp out the Abu Sayaff, saying the six months to one year reported plans of US servicemen to stay in the country "is part of the interventionist wars of aggression of the US." Tujan mentioned Washington's recent inclusion of the New People's Army to its list of "terrorist organizations" and said that it is highly probable that the war may spill in the whole of Mindanao and the rest of the country, and escalate into a full-blown US military intervention. "The US is strengthening and reconsolidating its military hegemony in virtually every corner of the world. And that is definitely something to be wary about in the light of the sudden, almost sinister way that US troops - armed with sophisticated killing machines - are now descending on the shores of Basilan and Zamboanga," Tujan said. "Clearly, Filipinos are being used as pawns in these dangerous war games of the US, made possible by the appalling subservience of President Arroyo to American dictates," he added. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
