Photo of the rapists:
http://www.inq7.net/archive/2006/apr/28/index_image1.jpg
The term "little brown brother" is used in the Philippines with the
same meaning as "Uncle Tom" or "house nigger" in the US. It is based
on US President William McKinley's reference to Filipinos as "our
little brown brothers" when the US seized control of the Phillipines
from Spain over a hundred years ago. The term is apt for Philippine
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez who is working to cause delays on
behalf of Dajjal Bush. Under its submissive treaty of subjugation by
the US, the Philippines has just one year to go from initial inquiry
to final completion of the trial. If not completed within one year,
all charges expire and Dajjal Bush's little white rapists go home
free. The continuous delays may prevent prosecution from being
completed prior to the one year deadline.
In large part the Philippines has itself to blame for accepting such a
treaty in the first place and for degrading itself to the point that
its people are actually ashamed of the color of their skin. For what
may be destined to be a classic in the annals of ethnic self-hate, see
the article on "chronic dark underarm syndrome" promoting white skin
treatments in the very same media outlet that quite properly denounces
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez as a "little brown brother":
Makeover 911 : Hardcore dark underarm solution
http://news.inq7.net/express/html_output/20060428-73978.xml.html
Yet the Inquirer sees no contradiction in denigrating its own people
while bewailing US control over the Philippines regime.
Such is the depth of degradation to which kaffirs can bring
themselves. Let us pray to Allah (S.W.T.) that their similar efforts
worldwide fail to manipulate Muslims into similar self-loathing
through the vehicle of "progressive", "liberal" or "moderate" Islam
which has no place in our deen.
Please note that articles follow:
*4 GIs accused of rape decline to enter plea in arraignment
*Little brown brother
*Loathsome
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4 GIs accused of rape decline to enter plea in arraignment
Veronica Uy
INQ7.net
April 28, 2006
http://news.inq7.net/express/html_output/20060428-73997.xml.html
(2ND UPDATE) THE FOUR US servicemen accused of rape did not enter any
plea during their arraignment before a local court Friday, according
to reports culled by INQ7.net.
With the non-entry of a plea by Lance Corporals Daniel Smith, Keith
Silkwood, and Dominic Duplantis; and Staff Sergeant Chad Brian
Carpentier, presiding Judge Benjamin Pozon of Branch 139 of the Makati
regional trial court would enter a "not guilty" plea for the suspects,
according to undersecretary Zosimo Paredes, executive director of the
Visiting Forces Agreement, and a GMA Network "Flash Report."
Defense lawyers said they refused to enter a plea because they planned
to appeal Pozon's ruling earlier on Friday that junked a motion by the
Department of Justice to downgrade the charges against Silkwood,
Duplantis, and Carpentier. They claimed that their clients' rights
were violated by the decision.
Pozon said the DoJ motion to downgrade the charges against the three
from principal to accessories to the crime was "devoid of merit."
The judge refused to be interviewed after the hearing.
Smith, Silkwood, Duplantis, and Carpentier appeared in public for the
first time Friday and attended their arraignment on charges that they
allegedly raped a Filipina in the former American naval base in Subic
on Nov.1, 2005.
The four allegedly raped the 22-year-old Filipina inside a van. The
van's Filipino driver, Timoteo Soriano allegedly witnessed the crime
although he had recanted his testimony about seeing the four Americans
allegedly rape their victim.
Soriano had been dropped as one of the respondents to the case when it
was initially lodged at the Olongapo City regional trial court but the
victim's lawyers appealed his reinstatement.
The corridor on the 11th floor of the Makati City Hall was full of
people, mostly media men and members of the women's group Gabriela.
The session hall was also jampacked, mostly with staff from the US
embassy, which under the VFA had placed the four servicemen under its
custody up until their arraignment this Friday.
The VFA is the treaty that allows the US military forces' presence in
the Philippines. It provides for procedures in cases where US soldiers
violate Philippine laws. In this case, the VFA allows the US embassy
custody of the accused while the investigation and trial are ongoing.
The rape victim's mother arrived with a woman whose head was covered
with a bandana, partly obscuring her face. It was unclear if the woman
was the victim.
Only the mother and brother of the victim were allowed inside the
session room after being frisked by security guards.
Journalists and photographers, who were not allowed inside the
courtroom, had to peer through glass panels to see inside.
The victim's mother made a public appeal for help. "Sana tulungan nyo
kami. Kahit bundok- bundok ang dinadaanan naming, with or without the
government's help, itutuloy namin ito [We hope that you will help us.
We are determined to pursue this no matter how many mountains we
cross, with or without the government's help]" she said.
The victim's mother also said she wanted to punch the accused when she
saw them, "pero may batas tayong sinusundan [But we have a law that we
have to follow]."
She said the arraignment had given her some peace of mind.
"Maluwag-luwag na ng konti sa dibdib, parang naakyat na namin ang
kalahati ng bundok [I can breathe a little easy now. It's like we have
climbed half of the mountain]," she added.
Evalyn Ursua, the victim's lawyer, said a pre-hearing conference was
scheduled on May 12, but the accused need not appear.
Asked when the victim will get to face their accuser, Ursua said that
the matter still had to be discussed.
Earlier on Friday, about two dozen members of the women's group
Gabriela picketed the court house, with placards saying, "Justice for
Nicole," "Jail the Yankees," and "Rage Against Rape."
The woman, whose real name has not been publicly disclosed, has been
identified only as "Nicole." With a report from AP
http://news.inq7.net/express/html_output/20060428-73997.xml.html
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Little brown brother
Nov 18, 2005
Inquirer News Service
http://news.inq7.net/opinion/index.php?story_id=V889
Editor's Note: Published on Page A14 of the November 18, 2005 issue of
the Philippine Daily Inquirer
WHAT'S wrong with Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez handing over
American servicemen accused of rape to the custody of US authorities?
Isn't that what the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) very clearly
stipulates in this case? Katrina Legarda, the lawyer of the victim,
says quite a lot is wrong with it. And it begins-get this-with a phone
call.
According to Legarda, Gonzalez responded quickly to a phone call from
a US Embassy official early on Nov. 2, by making a phone call
directing the Olongapo City prosecutor to immediately turn over the
suspects to American custody. Because of this, Legarda says,
government prosecutors were deprived of the opportunity to mount a
thorough investigation close to the date of the crime. And the police
weren't given a chance to arrest the servicemen.
As things stand now, Legarda says, the Subic rape case promises to be
more difficult to prosecute than the rape case against then Rep. Romeo
Jalosjos. That case took 450 days from arraignment to sentencing. The
VFA states that if a case is not decided with one calendar year, the
United States is freed of all its obligations under the agreement.
Another lawyer, Edwin Lacierda, who teaches Constitutional Law at Far
Eastern University, has enumerated the possible legal tactics that the
US servicemen's defense could resort to, and the time such tactics
could use up. Consider the numbers: 60 days for a preliminary
investigation. Then 15 days for a period of appeal to the Department
of Justice, and 60 days for the DOJ to resolve the appeal. An
additional 30 days may be needed to resolve a motion to quash. Add
another 30 days for a motion for reconsideration to be decided. That's
a total of 255 days before the case finally reaches the point when the
accused can be arraigned.
Once the arraignment takes place, the pre-trial would commence in 30
days. After the pre-trial, a period of 30 days must pass from the
receipt of the pre-trial order before the case can be set for trial.
By this time, 315 days will have elapsed, leaving just 50 days for the
actual trial, including the presentation of witnesses for both sides
and deciding the verdict. But even this slender timeframe doesn't
leave room for other delaying tactics the defense might employ.
Legarda, on sensible grounds, has already requested the transfer of
the preliminary investigation from Olongapo City to Manila. She says
there have been too many cases when local authorities showed too much
leniency toward Americans accused of a similar crime.
But with a brusque "the circumstances are different there," Gonzalez
has denied Legarda's request (apparently without even having read her
letter). He'd rather that Olongapo officials go through the motions of
making an investigation, regardless of what the defense considers as a
deficient track record and without taking into account the fact
certain circumstances could either compromise the case or place its
outcome in doubt. All of which can only contribute to the perception
that the Philippine government is out to do the American government a
favor.
At the moment, there is no case before the courts. Accusations have
been made, and they need to be investigated. Olongapo City officials
might protest vehemently that the accusations of their being soft on
Americans accused of wrongdoing are malicious. Maybe. But this country
cannot afford to have anything happen that will cast doubt on the
resolve of the government to pursue this case until justice is done.
What's wrong with Gonzalez's behavior is that it is not the job of a
Philippine official to respond in an extremely prompt manner to
American phone calls, but rather to take his time to make sure the
correct procedures are followed and all legal requirements are
attended to. He should be moving, not with indecent haste but with
deliberate speed, to assure his primary constituency-his
countrymen-that justice is being done, while assuring the Americans
that the law, as the Arroyo administration's defenders have so often
argued, "may be harsh, but it is the law."
To jump quickly to one's feet and dial the phone the moment Americans
come knocking is to make oneself a little brown brother, an obliging
lackey of the United States.
http://news.inq7.net/opinion/index.php?story_id=V889
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Loathsome
April 21, 2006
Inquirer Editorial
http://news.inq7.net/common/print.php?story_id=s211
OUTRAGE over Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez's downgrading of the
charges against three of the four American servicemen accused of
raping a Filipina seems to be concentrated more against his words than
against his actions. This only goes to show how effective Gonzalez is
as the pit bull of the administration, in charge of snarling and
frothing at the mouth and lunging at the crowd, both to frighten and
distract the public. After all, he is not just any loose cannon but an
integral part of the legal and political arsenal of President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo.
There exists, in fact, a clear division between official attitudes
toward the case. State prosecutors, such as Olongapo City Chief
Prosecutor Prudencio Jalandoni, believe they have adequate evidence to
successfully prosecute all the accused American servicemen. Gonzalez
has decided to the contrary, and while he hasn't totally let the other
three American soldiers off the hook, only one will actually go on
trial for rape. The charges against the others have been reduced to
their being accessories.
Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye has gone on record to say the Arroyo
administration fully supports Gonzalez. That means that the justice
secretary's rather loathsome rhetoric aside, what he has done has the
full blessings of the person for whom he serves as an alter ego: the
President.
One of the lawyers of the rape victim brought up a point which
indicates why Gonzalez's actions have been met with disgust. Even if
Gonzalez says there isn't enough evidence to prove the other accused
American servicemen actually raped the victim, Evalyn Ursua points out
that the three kept chanting "Go, Smith!" as their fellow soldier
assaulted and raped the Filipina. The lawyer asserts that egging on a
rapist in this manner is tantamount to participating in a gang rape.
It is an argument important enough, to our mind, to deserve being
pursued in court. But because of Gonzalez, it won't be brought up when
the case is tried.
Rape is an act that is less about sex than about power and degrading
another person. There are many kinds of rape, and it is necessary in
cases not involving actual intercourse to consider psychological
intent and the reality that not just the sexual aspect, but the abuse
of power and degradation of another deserve investigation and
punishment. For these are crimes against persons, too.
In the end, Gonzalez will have the final say as far as this case is
concerned. Individuals who don't agree will simply have to protest or,
if they are officials, relinquish participation in the case. This is
why Jalandoni had no honorable option other than what he's done: to
resign from the prosecution team.
It's important to note that none of the four accused servicemen are
off the hook. One, as we've said, will go on trial for rape; the other
three, as Gonzalez has explained, will have to answer for witnessing
the rape and doing nothing to stop it, and then abandoning the victim.
There is still hope that all of them will be punished, though not to
the extent the victim or her lawyers, including some government
lawyers, feel they deserve.
Even as Malacañang notes that only seven months remain for the
resolution of the Subic rape case, the nation will have to continue to
bear the problem of a useful, but often nasty and alarmingly bigoted
official in charge of what should be the clear, dispassionate, but
unstoppable dispensation of justice. These things require judgment.
And if the judgment calls of an official are immediately put into
question because of the zeal and relish he displays in hitting back at
critics, what does that say about his ability to inspire confidence?
Again, we return to our original point: For every comment Raul
Gonzalez has made that offends, it is well to remember that the man,
his thinking and the fruits of his thinking have the full and
unequivocal support of the President and the rest of the Cabinet. And
that's the most offensive thing of all -- as well as the greatest
injustice, not only to the executive branch of government but to the
country.
http://news.inq7.net/common/print.php?story_id=s211
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