[Via... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] . ----- Original Message ----- From: Downwithcapitalism <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 6:18 PM Subject: [downwithcapitalism] FW: Manila on 'super-alert' Reuters. 29 April 2001. Philippine military goes on alert amid coup talk. MANILA The Philippine armed forces went on alert Sunday to protect the capital Manila and the presidential palace from any disturbances, a military spokesman said. The military declared the alert as tens of thousands of supporters of detained former president Joseph Estrada massed for the fifth successive day at a Manila religious shrine, about nine miles from the Malacanang presidential palace, demanding the return of their ousted idol to power. "The whole AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) is on alert. We can call on any military unit that is needed to defend Metro Manila from any civil disturbance," military spokesman General Edilberto Adan said on local radio. Adan said military and police forces were on standby to protect "vital facilities (and) the seat of government, Malacanang." Earlier Sunday, senior armed forces generals denied newspaper reports that opposition politicians and some military officers were hatching a coup to remove President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and install a "civilian-military junta" to power. "We are on super-alert," presidential spokesman Rigoberto Tiglao told Reuters. SPAM TO FOLLOW Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
