[Excerpt: "The Armed Forces of the Philippines [AFP] has not arrested any officers in connection with the destabilisation moves. However, the intelligence units are continuously monitoring threats this Yuletide season," Pascual said.....Earlier, Pascual said two active senior officers of the military were subjected to intelligence monitoring for their alleged destabilisation moves.] _http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/WorldNF.asp?ArticleID=145227_ (http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/WorldNF.asp?ArticleID=145227) Published: 25/12/2004, 06:45 (UAE)
Armed forces deny arrests By Raffy Jimenez, Correspondent Manila : The military denied reports published yesterday that some officers were arrested in connection with a coup plot. Military information chief Lt Col Buenaventura Pascual stressed that intelligence gathering is still on -going to preempt any renewed campaign against the Arroyo government by any threat groups. "The Armed Forces of the Philippines [AFP] has not arrested any officers in connection with the destabilisation moves. However, the intelligence units are continuously monitoring threats this Yuletide season," Pascual said. Earlier, Pascual said two active senior officers of the military were subjected to intelligence monitoring for their alleged destabilisation moves. Although no military official has disclosed the identities of the two senior officers, intelligence sources have identified them as Army Colonels Jose Gamus and Oscarlito Mapalo who are being investigated for various offences. Gamus, who graduated from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in 1976, is under investigation for alleged electioneering in the May presidential polls. He allegedly campaigned for the late Fernando Poe Jr, who nearly upset the president in the recent polls. On the other hand, Mapalo is a 1979 PMA graduate who criticised what he claimed was the biased and unfair promotion system in the Philippine Army. Mapalo is also former chief of the elite Armed Forces Anti-Crime Task Force (Actaf). He has also filed for early retirement following his criticism of the military organisation. "Both are on leave but we don't consider them as threats. They are a nuisance," an intelligence officer said in a phone interview. The same officer also dismissed reports that the two were planning to plant bombs in selected areas in the metropolis. "The report is being blown out of proportion." Military spokesperson Brig Gen Alexander Yano refused to confirm if Gamus and Mapalo are indeed the ones being monitored by intelligence operatives. "Those names didn't come from us but I also heard them from the media. I have no knowledge if they are the ones mentioned and see no connection at this point," Yano said in a separate interview. On continued military intelligence gathering, Yano maintained this was not aimed at any particular group or personality but "on all threats to national security". "There have been no arrests of any senior military officers in connection with the destabilisation moves but our intelligence gathering is going on against any group that poses threat to national security," Yano said. On Wednesday night agency reports said Gamus and Mapalo were arrested after a bomb was discovered at the stock exchange building in Ortigas Centre in Mandaluyong City. Email This Link Print Friendly Version � Al Nisr Publishing LLC enditem [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
