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Oplan Wolverine (Hunt for Marwan); Mamasapano Operation by PNP-SAF (Jan 2015)
Topic Started: Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:48 pm (12,122 Views)
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Marwan’s ties that bind – Aljebir Adzhar aka Embel

Anyone familiar with special forces operations knows of the often dangerous rivalry between the Philippine military and the police – a rivalry that has killed those caught in the middle and foiled numerous operations

follow this link http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/82669-marwan-ties-that-bind-terrorism?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=referral
Hunters are in cahoots with the hunted

excerpts from Rappler.com's article 'EXCLUSIVE: Marwan’s ties that bind: Ren-Ren Dongon'

That ransom, according to Embel, was negotiated and given to the Abu Sayyaf by Parad's relative, then Vice Governor Lady Ann Sahidula, who later ran for – and won – a seat in Congress.

Here's where it turns into quicksand: Embel said the kidnapping was masterminded by a jail guard whose father is a regional police intelligence officer. Part of the ransom, Embel said, was given to members of the police.

Now you begin to see how the lines blur, and why there are often many shades of truth in this land.

Source http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/82669-marwan-ties-that-bind-terrorism


More ties

Marwan had evaded arrest for more than a decade: he burrowed into communities in the southern Philippines by marrying into at least 3 Filipino families, including one notorious for uniting at least 3 terrorist groups.

In part 1, you learned about his 17-year-old wife and his life in Jolo through the eyes of Abu Sayyaf member and suspected brother-in-law Aljebir Adzhar or Embel.

Now let’s look at Marwan through the eyes of another brother-in-law, Ren-Ren Dongon, who was with Marwan during the first US smart bomb attack by Philippine troops in 2012, and who built explosives targeting GMA-7 for showing a film that angered the Muslim world.

Through the Dongon family, you can see how alliances work and the role that Jemaah Islamiyah played in the Philippines.

Ren-Ren’s sister, Zainab Dongon,* became Marwan's wife after government forces killed her husband, Khadaffy Janjalani, the leader of the Abu Sayyaf from 1998 until 2006. He took over after his brother, Abdurajak Janjalani, the founder of the Abu Sayyaf, was killed in a clash with government troops.

Another sister, Aminah, was married to Jainal Antel Sali, also known as Abu Solaiman. A 41-year-old civil engineer, he was Khadaffy Janjalani's deputy, running operations for attacks like the 2004 SuperFerry bombing, the worst maritime terrorist attack in the region.

Ren-Ren’s third sister, Norain, is the wife of Ahmad Santos, the founder and leader of the Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) until his arrest in 2005. Part of the financial network created by Osama bin Laden’s brother-in-law in the Philippines, Santos was in charge of the Abu Sayyaf’s media arm when he was arrested.

Ren-Ren’s brother, Rejivan alias Abu Tariq, joined the Abu Sayyaf under Khadaffy and Abu Solaiman. Australian intelligence, ASIS, says he was a member of the Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM), an extremist group of Christian converts to Islam or Balik Islam.


Common strategy

Strategic, arranged marriages are a common strategy for al-Qaeda’s affiliate groups, and the Dongon family is a perfect example – cementing alliances between Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the Abu Sayyaf and the RSM.

JI was crucial in changing the Abu Sayyaf’s bipolar swings between al-Qaeda’s virulent ideology and crime. There have been 4 concrete cycles of evolution since its founding: from 1991 until 1998, the Abu Sayyaf was largely driven by ideological goals, partly because of the funding and behind-the-scenes manipulation of al-Qaeda. From 1998 till 2002, it turned to crime: kidnappings-for-ransom and extortion operations, largely because it lost its ideological moorings after its founder was killed.

http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/82889-marwan-ties-bind-ren-ren-dongon


Ties and gaps

Aside from teaching bomb-making technology and tactics, JI changed the character of domestic conflicts in the Philippines. In 2003, it acted as a bridge between the Abu Sayyaf and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front or the MILF, which had long sheltered JI leaders like Marwan.

Stretching back to their shared experiences in the Afghan war, by the mid-90s, the MILF had allowed members of al-Qaeda and JI to train in its camps. Ironically, the MILF had kept the Abu Sayyaf at arm’s length because the MILF leadership felt it had no political agenda.

JI brokered a deal with the MILF allowing the Abu Sayyaf to move from Jolo to MILF camps in central Mindanao. JI and familial ties like the ones in the Dongon family helped bring the Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) into the mix.

This cozy arrangement changed in 2005 when the MILF made a decisive move: preparing for peace talks, the leadership cut its ties with all 3 groups – JI, Abu Sayyaf and RSM. Ahmad Santos, brother-in-law of Marwan and Ren-Ren, wrote in his diary dated June 27, 2005: “The Mujahideens were forced to immediately leave the place, and an ultimatum of three days was given.”

Santos’ diary is a long account of how he felt betrayed by the MILF and the hard journey he, along with members of the Abu Sayyaf and JI, faced in finding their way back to Jolo. Little has been written about it publicly because it’s tricky: if the MILF says it kicked them out, they would have to admit they were there in the first place.

Here’s the irony that shows the ties that bind: in 2005, they were kicked out of the MILF’s 105th Base Command. The leader then who followed the MILF Central Committee order was Umra Cato, who had long sheltered JI leaders. In 2011, he broke away from the MILF and formed the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters or the BIFF.

It was in those same marshy swamplands where 44 police Special Action Forces operatives were killed in January 2015 after they allegedly targeted and killed Marwan.

http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/82889-marwan-ties-bind-ren-ren-dongon
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President Aquino addresses the nation

Date posted: Feb 6, 2015 6:00pm

- PNoy accepts responsibility for SAF 44
- Marwan's death, an accomplishment
- PNoy accepts suspended PNP Chief Allan Purisima's resignation



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Panayam kay dating PNP Chief Alan Purisima

Date posted: Feb 6, 2015 8:29pm



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Interesting article involving US role in Mamasapano encounter

Generally unreported is the participation of the US government in the police operation for the capture of Marwan and Usman. The Times source said a team of US agents accompanied by the Philippine commandos went to Mamasapano to pick up Marwan and Usman on the strength of an agreement previously reached with the MILF in exchange for the $7-million bounty (which amounts to P315 million at P45 to $1).

The American government paid the MILF P60 million as “entrance fee.” But before the American agents could take Marwan and Usman into their custody, the MILF demanded the release of the balance of the bounty. The American agents reportedly balked and replied that they did not have the rest of the reward money with them but that it would be released soon after the terrorists had been turned over to the authorities.

A heated discussion followed. But raised voices were soon drowned out by the burst of gunfire, which came first from the ranks of the MILF fighters.


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PNoy ordered AFP, SAF to stand down
February 5, 2015 9:33 pm
by DR. DANTE A. ANG, CHAIRMAN EMERITUS, THE MANILA TIMES

An analysis of the confluence of events surrounding the massacre of 44 Special Action Force (SAF) commandos inexorably points to President Benigno Aquino 3rd as the man who issued the stand-down order that prevented the PNP-SAF’s 45th Special Action Company and the Philippine Army’s 6th Infantry Division from reinforcing the beleaguered policemen.

Pinned and surrounded by the enemy, they as early as 5 a.m. on January 25 had called their superiors to plead for reinforcements.

The Manila Times has learned from a source, who requested anonymity, that Aquino, together with suspended Philippine National Police(PNP) chief Alan Purisima were in the US Drone base facility in Zamboanga on that fateful Sunday morning. They were monitoring the encounter between the members of the elite PNP-SAF and the combined armies of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and its supposed-to-be breakaway element, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).

Media were told Aquino had flown to Zamboanga sunday morning ostensibly to inspect the site of an earlier car bombing in that city.

According to the flight logbook, the presidential plane left Villamor Airbase at 9:15 Sunday morning and arrived in the Edwin Andrews Airbase shortly thereafter. Media were also told that Aquino left for Manila in the afternoon of Sunday. We stand by our source’s information that he was at the US Drone Center facility on Sunday morning.

Nothing was heard of from him for the next three days. Aquino broke his silence and went on national television on Wednesday (after three days of silence) to explain what had happened to the fallen SAF 44 commandos and the circumstances behind their massacre.

Unfortunately, instead of giving light to this dark disaster, his speech raised more questions than answers.


SAF supposed to be US men’s security escorts

According to our source, the SAF went to Mamasapano only to act as police security escorts for the American agents tasked to capture or pick up international terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir alias Marwan who had a $6-million bounty from the United States government and the Filipino terrorist Usman who carried a $1-million reward on his head.

Marwan was recently confirmed dead by the Federal Bureau of Investigation while Usman is reported to have escaped.

Generally unreported is the participation of the US government in the police operation for the capture of Marwan and Usman. The Times source said a team of US agents accompanied by the Philippine commandos went to Mamasapano to pick up Marwan and Usman on the strength of an agreement previously reached with the MILF in exchange for the $7-million bounty (which amounts to P315 million at P45 to $1).

The American government paid the MILF P60 million as “entrance fee.” But before the American agents could take Marwan and Usman into their custody, the MILF demanded the release of the balance of the bounty. The American agents reportedly balked and replied that they did not have the rest of the reward money with them but that it would be released soon after the terrorists had been turned over to the authorities.


‘Sir, papasok na kami’ ‘Negative. Negative’

A heated discussion followed. But raised voices were soon drowned out by the burst of gunfire, which came first from the ranks of the MILF fighters. The MILF leaders have disputed this, and pointed to the Americans and the SAF commandos as the ones who fired the first shots.

Our source told us the President and the others monitoring the proceedings in Mamasapano from the US Drone Command Base literally froze upon witnessing the bloody turn of events.

“Pati mga commander nag-freeze [even the commanders froze],” the source said.

An eerie silence blanketed the room for quite a while. It was followed by the blather of confused conversation.

It was not clear from our source who radioed the Drone command center and addressed words to his superiors, saying, “Sir, papasok na kami [Sir, we will now go in].” To which the President allegedly responded, “Negative, negative. Stand down.”

Aquino was probably afraid that sending in reinforcements would violate the terms of the Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro (CAB) signed between his peace negotiators and those of the MILF. He must have also been apprehensive that if the comprehensive agreement were breached, a full-blown war could ensue and doom the fate of the Bangsamoro Basic Law now pending in Congress.

That also explains why he and Purisima chose to send in the PNP-SAF commandos — despite knowing that the PNP-SAF commandos are better in urban than in jungle warfare. The President did not want to send in members of the Armed Forces for the MILF would most likely see that move as a violation of the agreement. So he decided to send in the SAF policemen instead.

“By 5 a.m. Sunday,” our source continues, “Banatan, maneuver. Nagko-communicate sa higher ups [By 5 a.m. Sunday, raging firefight, maneuvers and communications to the higher ups]. Police General Leonardo Espina called Army General Pangilinan of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division asking for reinforcements, “Bok, tulungan mo naman mga bata ko [Bok, please help my men].” Bok is an endearing term used by PMAers in addressing their batchmates in the Philippine Military Academy.


Evacuate Americans first

In the heat of the battle, an order was issued to immediately evacuate the American casualties first ostensibly to avoid a public backlash over the involvement or participation of the Americans in a purely domestic affair. The Manila Times on February 3 had a story that an American was among those found dead apparently left behind in the evacuation.

Our source also said the operation to get Marwan and Usman was originally planned in the first week of January but that it was decided by the Philippine government to conduct the raid until after Pope Francis’ visit to the country on January 15-19.

It was apparent that by past 12 noon, the SAF 44 must have surrendered to the MILF when they ran out of bullets. Many of them were shot at close range. This was evident from the wounds sustained by the fallen policemen, some of whom had their heads blown off. Then their firearms and personal belongings were looted by the MILF.

SAF Commander Getulio Napeñas said his men were still alive at noon of Sunday. If reinforcements had been sent, some of the SAF members could still be alive today.

By 10 a.m. on Sunday, a team from the Malacañang Peace Process group arrived at the scene. They immediately interceded for the SAF men and asked the MILF to stop the firefight. But the carnage continued until past noon that day. If only the reinforcements came in, lives could have been saved, our source lamented.


Peace with justice and honor

Widows of the SAF 44 are crying for justice. The Muslims are crying for justice (there were two Muslim SAF members who were killed in the gruesome episode and Muslim civilians got killed in the fighting.) The Filipino people are crying for justice.

In the meantime, Malacanang and its lackeys are pushing for the immediate signing of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) on their misplaced appreciation of what is meant by peace. To them, it is “Peace at all cost.”

“Peace at all cost” is an oxymoron. It is a betrayal of the SAF 44 Heroes and those who before them had offered their lives in defense of peace.

The widows and their loved ones seek “Peace with Justice.” I couldn’t agree more. It should be a lasting peace. Peace with honor. Nothing else is acceptable.

http://www.manilatimes.net/pnoy-ordered-afp-saf-to-stand-down/160872/


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US hand in SAF tragedy confirmed

AT GROUND LEVEL By Satur C. Ocampo (The Philippine Star) | Updated February 7, 2015 - 12:00am

Indeed the Americans did it.

They planned, funded, and closely monitored the execution of “Operation Wolverine/Exodus” carried out last Jan. 25 in Mamasapano, Maguindanao by the PNP Special Action Force they had trained and equipped.

The objective was to arrest or kill Malaysian Zulkifli bin Hir alias “Marwan” and his alleged local bomb-making associate, Abdul Basit Usman. The US government had offered a $5-million bounty for Marwan and $2 million for Usman.

While the SAF succeeded in killing Marwan (as confirmed by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation), the operation ended in tragedy that has since besieged President Aquino and imperiled the GPH-MILF peace agreement. It has raised a lot of questions and a strong demand for an independent, impartial investigation to ferret out the truth and pinpoint accountability for the death of 44 SAF commandos, 18 MILF fighters, and 4 civilians.

Downplayed in media reports for almost two weeks, the American role has been confirmed by two recent disclosures:

1. A statement issued Wednesday by David Bowdich, assistant director in charge of the FBI in Los Angeles, saying the FBI had “a full partnership” with the PNP which he categorized as “one of the strongest [partnerships]in the world.” He added that the FBI would continue to work with the PNP “to identify, disrupt and dismantle terrorist networks.”

The statement confirmed, through DNA tests, that Marwan was killed in the Mamasapano operation.

2. A detailed narration by an anonymous source, most probably a PNP official, to another daily, citing the specific places where the Americans drew up “Oplan Wolverine/Exodus” and where they trained the SAF 84th and 55th companies for the operation.

Notable among the disclosures was that the US operatives had taken measures to ensure that the surviving 34 members of the 84th SAC (Company) that raided Marwan’s hideout (they lost 8 commandos) were safely extricated from further harm, but “did not do anything” to help the 36-man 55th SAC, the blocking force that was wiped out (save for one man) in a “mis-encounter” with the MILF fighters.

Following are some quotations and factual information from the anonymous source who expressed fear for his life and those of “others” should he provide more details. He urged Congress to look deeper into the Mamasapano tragedy.

• “Because of the Americans’ obsession to get Marwan, many SAF men died” was his damning conclusion. He pointed out that the Americans focused only on securing the 84th SAC “because (the latter) ha(d) what they want(ed) – Marwan’s tissue sample.”

• The Americans used a drone in monitoring the movements of the 84th SAC. “This is why even if the 84th SAC men were located deeper in the area, only a few were killed. But the 55th SAC lost all but one of its men because no help from the Americans arrived.”

Not disclosed was how the Americans secured the safe retreat of the 34 officers and men of the 84th SAC. Why didn’t they do the same for the 55th SAC? Did they sacrifice the blocking force because intervening in the “mis-encounter” could have imperiled the lives of Americans and exposed their direct involvement in the operation?

• The AFP wasn’t informed of the operation because four previous operational plans, to which the military were privy, failed to get Marwan. Alleged reason: the operations were to have been in MILF-controlled areas and the AFP coordinated with the MILF (as required under protocols of the GPH-MILF ceasefire and peace agreements). “When the plans were implemented, Marwan escaped.”

• The Americans used a secret facility inside or beside the La Vista del Mar Resort in Zamboanga City, reportedly owned by the family of Rep. Celso Lobregat. However, Lobregat claimed he didn’t know about the facility, which allegedly accommodated a big number of 84th SAC men.

But barangay chair Joel New of Upper Calarian Village, who used to work at the resort, said it was really an SAF camp, where “they do tactical operations training and swimming, including speedboat operations...” The American trainers would also stay at La Vista, he said.

• The training program was “no joke, especially for the 55th SAC,” the anonymous source observed, “All their equipment were funded by the Americans. When they go to Maguindanao, an American, a supervisor of the La Vista facility, goes with them. All the expenses were shouldered by the Americans.”

These disclosures can further be confirmed and followed up through an independent and impartial investigating body, which has yet to be constituted.

The big question is: Does President Aquino know about these covert activities of the Americans? If he doesn’t, it’s a big problem. If he does, how has he acted on them? The issue of his accountability to the nation comes to the fore. (P-Noy was scheduled to address the nation again on the Mamasapano tragedy yesterday, as this was being written.)

“We can’t take this anymore,” the anonymous source confessed after unburdening the load off his chest. “I hope my colleagues would get the justice they deserve.”

Ascertaining the truth and establishing accountability for the Mamasapano tragedy hopefully would pave the way toward attaining justice for all those who demand and deserve it. And that includes all Filipinos, not just the casualties on both sides.

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http://www.philstar.com/opinion/2015/02/07/1420999/us-hand-saf-tragedy-confirmed
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Marwan was ISIS conduit

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5:33 AM | Sunday, February 8th, 2015

MANILA, Philippines–Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan, was the conduit for Southeast Asia of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) that his death cut off an important line to the extremist group, a major score in the war against global terror.

“We must understand the role of Marwan. Aside from his previous involvements in numerous activities such as the Bali bombing and the other bombings in southern Philippines, he had a very important role as the facilitator of the movement of some people to ISIS,” National Security Adviser Cesar Garcia told the Inquirer a day after the US confirmed Marwan’s death.

Marwan, a member of the regional terror network Jemaah Islamiyah, was killed by members of the elite Special Action Force (SAF) in a dawn raid on his lair in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao on Jan. 25.

An expert bomber, Marwan was dubbed the Osama bin Laden of Southeast Asia.

Aside from masterminding several terror attacks such as the 2002 Bali bombing, Marwan was “a facilitator of a loose network of jihadists in the region,” Garcia said.

Garcia said Marwan had been recruiting Malaysian, Indonesian and “maybe some Filipinos” to join the ISIS in the Middle East.

There were three Filipinos who “might have gone” to the Middle East to join ISIS, Garcia said.

“The number of recruits is few and far between. We haven’t really established if they had joined ISIS. But two of (the three Filipinos) are Fil-Europeans. They were born in Europe and one of the parents is Filipino,” he said.



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Aquino upset when he flew to Zamboanga on day of SAF-MILF clash – source

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6:54 PM | Sunday, February 8th, 2015

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – “We knew he was not in a good mood. It was like he was having a bad hair day.”

This was how a Philippine Daily Inquirer source described President Aquino when he arrived on a chartered plane at the Edwin Andrews Air Base (EAAB) here in the morning of Jan. 25, at the height of the fighting in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, that left 44 police commandos, 18 rebels and five civilians dead.

The source who was privy to the president’s visit in this city, said Aquino “was not smiling” when he came down from the plane past 10 a.m.

Interior Secretary Mar Roxas and his staff were with the President.

Earlier that day, a C130 cargo plane landed. Its passengers included Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, AFP Chief of Staff General Gregorio Pio Catapang, Budget Secretary Butch Abad, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman and their respective staff.

Maj. Gen. Esmeraldo Magnaye, 3rd Air Division Commander, said the two aircraft did not stop at the usual ramp near Gate 1, but taxied towards the Base Operations office.

Both the Philippine Daily Inquirer source and Magnaye confirmed that the President did not leave the Base Operations office when he was inside the EAAB.

The President’s visit surprised the local government, which was informed afternoon of January 24.

“We were all surprised by the short notice,” a source from the city government said.


As soon as Aquino arrived at the Base Operations office, he called for a briefing, which was attended by the Cabinet secretaries; Mayor Maria Isabelle Salazar; 1st District Representative Celso Lobregat; 2nd District Representative Lilia Nuno; military officials like Lt. Gen. Rustico Guerrero, chief of Western Mindanao Command; Chief Supt. Edgar Basbas of Police Regional Office 9; and Senior Supt. Angelito Casimiro, Zamboanga City Police director.

The 10 a.m. to 12 noon briefing was focused on the rehabilitation efforts of Zamboanga City.

But at 1 p.m., Soliman, Abad, Salazar, Lobregat and Nuno left the room. The source said the President, Gazmin and all the military and police officers were left inside the room.

“Secretary Roxas came in and out of the room during the briefing,” the source said.

An hour later, Soliman and the others were told to return to the room and “were informed to be ready for the site visit and inspection.”

At 2:30 p.m., all the vehicles that would be used for the site inspection were on “engine ready mode” but it took almost an hour to wait for the President to come out.

“When he (Aquino) went out of the room, mas lalong aburido ang mukha nya (he looked even more upset),” the source said.

The site visit was scheduled for 10 a.m..

Aquino went to the site of the car bomb blast in Guiwan village at 3:30 p.m., and proceeded to the Zamboanga Peninsula Medical Center in Barangay (village) Putik to visit a wounded policeman, and to the Western Mindanao Medical Center on Santa Cruz Street where two blast patients were confined.

At about 4 p.m., Aquino went to the Zamboanga Doctors Hospital to visit two other blast victims, then to the La Merced Funeral Homes to meet with the families of two persons who were killed in the blast. He also visited another blast victim at the Ciudad Medical Center and 10 other victims at the Zamboanga City Medical Center in Santa Catalina village.

Around 5 p.m., the President and his entourage arrived at the EAAB.

“We were all expecting that the President would immediately leave,” the source said.

But another security briefing was held.

The source said he “peeped” inside the room and saw “images flashed on the projector’s screen– Google maps and timelines–and that was where I got a little idea that something was wrong.”

“At about 6 p.m., President Aquino and his top military and police officials moved further inside another room, which was out of our view. We called the other room ‘inner sanctum,’” the source said.

The source said whatever happened inside the inner sanctum did not show on Roxas’ face.

“He was not tensed, only President Aquino,” the source said.

At 7 p.m., Secretaries Roxas, Gazmin, Abad, Soliman and Catapang left the room to meet with members of the local chamber of commerce in a nearby multipurpose hall.

“Mr. Aquino never left the inner sanctum. Everyone (businessmen) was expecting to meet him, but the meeting proceeded at 7 p.m. without him,” the source said.

Pedro Pocholo Soliven, president of the Zamboanga City Chamber of Commerce, said Roxas hurriedly left the meeting.

“The President called Mar to proceed to the airport and they hurriedly left for Manila. Mar excused himself and cut short the meeting,” Soliven said.

This as another source said people from Malacañang were in Cotabato City in the afternoon of January 25, and were trying to coordinate with the military for the possible arrival of the President.

The source said the group was asking if the President’s plane could land at the Awang Airport from Zamboanga City. Apparently, the plan did not push through and one factor might have been the inadequate runway lights at the airport, the source said.

Last January 26, Roxas, Gazmin, the Philippine National Police OIC and Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina, Gazmin and AFP chief of staff Gregorio Catapang flew to Maguindanao to get details and updates directly from the ground about the massacre of 44 Special Action Force commandos who clashed with rebels from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.

At around lunchtime, a briefing was conducted inside the headquarters of the military’s 6th Infantry Division in Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat along with Getulio Napeñas, the SAF commander; 6th ID commander, Maj. Gen. Edmundo Pangilinan; and Western Mindanao Command chief, Lt. Gen. Rustico Guerrero.

Napeñas was trying to explain to the Cabinet secretaries and the police and military commanders the details of the operation, most especially about the coordination.

Sources said that Napeñas was already near Shariff Aguak on Saturday evening while the 84th and 55th Special Action Companies were already moving into position.

Napeñas allegedly claimed during the briefing that he sent a text message to Pangilinan at between 3 and 4 in the morning informing him that there was an ongoing operation in Mamasapano.

But Gazmin, who was silent during the entire briefing, spoke up and showed to Napeñas the mobile phone of Pangilinan, which revealed that the message was sent at 5:06 a.m., contrary to the claims of the relieved SAF commander.

The text message was Napeñas’ way of informing Pangilinan that a law enforcement operation was in progress supported by the ARMM and Maguindanao police and was coordinated with the Army’s 1st Mechanized Brigade.

“But there was no coordination with the local authorities and the military. And the time Napeñas claimed that he sent the text message was inaccurate. Why is he lying?” the source said.

Roxas was fuming when he arrived in Awang for the briefing, the source said.

“Was there a specific order from the President not to tell us?” Roxas asked Napeñas during the briefing.

But Napeñas refused to answer the question and instead divulged in the briefing that he was directly taking orders and was giving feedback to suspended PNP director general Alan Purisima on the developments in the operation.

This answer only made Roxas angrier, the source said.

The military said the troops, most especially from the 45th Infantry Battalion, were already geared up to respond as early as Sunday morning but were hampered by the lack of coordination and information.

Sources said the gunfire was clearly audible from the nearest detachment of the 45th IB, which is only at least 4-5 kilometers away from the scene of the firefight.

By Sunday noon, tanks and military trucks carrying heavily armed soldiers had rolled out from their camps ready to provide support.

But the questions remained, “where are we exactly going? How many friendly forces are in the area? Who and how many are they engaging?” the source shared.

Apparently, the lack of coordination by the PNP-SAF blindsided other security forces and left them with no other option but to wait for further details to complete the puzzle.

Even the artillery assets of the military were already awaiting command on Sunday morning but the leadership opted not to fire blindly as this would only put the lives of the commandos and even the civilians at risk.

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Marwan e-mails dying declaration

CHICAGO – Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir reportedly wrote his brother in 2006 instructing him to dispose of his inheritance from their father and give them to his two children if he died “as a martyr.”

Zulkifli had e-mailed his elder brother Rahmat, a naturalized US citizen currently serving sentence for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.

“If I died as a martyr, and if there was some inheritance from the sale of dad’s land, please don’t forget about my two children here. Please don’t forget to transfer them into the same account that you’ve been using,” Zulkifli, also known as Marwan, wrote his brother in July 2006.

Marwan repeatedly emailed his brother detailing the firefights between the Philippine military and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

“Two martyred, 20 troops died. From here, the location is about six or seven hours away on foot. The fighting is still going on until now. I can hear it from my location. It started early morning from 6 o’clock until evening. I think it has been going on for eight days now. Earlier today, a helicopter was flying back and forth over in that area. You can hear it from here,” Marwan told his brother in an email on June 30, 2006.

Marwan said 27 government troops died in the battle against five in the MILF. He did not say where the fighting took place.

“My friend was just telling me again that there are four martyrs now. He is in the field right now. The other day, two of my friends from here (they’re about five kilometers from my location) went out to reinforce. He wanted to join the battle. In the future, I want to go when there is need for reinforcement. I can’t go by myself. I must have a local guide with me,” Marwan said.

In several email messages, Marwan detailed how it was to live among “martyrs.”

He also mentioned the involvement of the US government in the battle of the Philippine government against Muslim rebels.

He said the US military is using Orion spy planes and Predator drones to help Philippine troops monitor the movements of the Muslim rebels.

Marwan also mentioned a “J” among them, apparently referring to a member of the regional terror network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).

The JI was tagged in the 2002 Bali bombings where 202 people were killed.

“J” could also mean “jihadist,” someone engaged in a holy war against unbelievers of Islam.

In another email, Marwan said, “On July 10, 2006 approximately ten days after the death of A. Hashim, one squad of Special Action Forces (SAF) commandos, around 15 people, armed with M-4s, mini-M-60, 9mm pistols, 45 caliber pistols, night vision, and guided by government assets (spies) surrounded Lagu’s home with objective of capturing him (maybe alive).

“His house was broken into and the door got torn off. His wife and child were able to get out before the exchange of fire. Three of Lagu’s neighbors with Armalite rifles were able to assist until the attacking commandos withdrew. As a result, two commandos died, including team leader. One M-4 Armalite, one Taurus 9mm pistol, one .45 Norincol pistol, one night vision, one led diode flashlight, two M-60 belts with 200 rounds were seized.

“Lagu was asleep already in the house, protected by Allah. The people there took all of the spoils of war.

Man! The rifles were new, the latest,” he said.


Rifles for sale

On Sept. 1, 2006, Rahmat reportedly wire transferred to Marwan the amount $5,500 through a Maybank account in the name of Minah binti Aogis Abd Aziz.

On or about Sept. 30, 2006, Zulkifli sent email to Rahmat, “If you have some available, please send a little bit more.”

“Over here people are ready to go to war. The US Orion spy plane has been circling the sky around the areas here during these past 3 to 4 days.”

Again Marwan wrote to his brother on Nov. 9, 2006, “We will know whether there will be a war or not by the 16th of November that would be the deadline for the Philippine government to submit the counter proposal to the MILF.”

Marwan also revealed corruption in the Philippine military.

“Commander A. Wahid says that there is a soldier who wants to sell a new .50 caliber for US$5,000. He said that he can only afford $2,000 and asked to find the remaining $3,000… The government assets (spies) at Pikit are regular people, not commanders. Among the five assets the other day, two of them died. One died three days after the Aug. 10th incident for stealing a motorcycle. He was caught by the locals and beaten to death. The other one died around two or three days before the Raya celebration, shot by an Armalite. The shooters were friends of Lagu’s neighbors,” he said.

On Feb. 9, 2007, Marwan sent Rahmat an email saying how some MILF commanders have double loyalties.

“Adan Abdula is the base commander of division 106. He has his left foot on the MILF, and his right foot on Datu Andal. When they have battle with Amer Umra Kato from division 105, his troops become Andal’s dogs merged with Andal’s troops. Was shot by someone...” Marwan said in referring to Andal Ampatuan, one of the accused in the Maguindanao massacre in 2009 and Kato, the leader of the breakaway Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters that vowed to go against the peace negotiations of the MILF with the Philippine government.

On March 6, 2007, Marwan sent an email to Rahmat telling him he was constantly on the run.

“The latest update I heard was that 17 died as martyrs and more than 60 soldiers were killed. The American soldiers operated unmanned Predator spy plane, which has been hovering around more than four times above Bngla’s house. I am currently mobile, moving from one place to another.”

Marwan later sent an email saying US spy planes were hovering over his area.

“Spy planes have been hovering over this area these past two days. There is a big (US Orion). There is a small one that looks like an eagle (Predator). This FM radio receiver has been picking up American voices during these past two days: ‘We are ready to launch.’”

Marwan said the Americans have joined the Filipino troops for joint exercise in his area.

“Do you still have the radio scanner that you used to have? How much does a set cost? The latest update is that more than twenty died as martyrs, more than 70 soldiers killed, and more than a hundred injured,” Marwan told his elder brother.


DNA sample

Zulkifli and Rahmat were charged in violation of a 9/11-inspired International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in the US.

Under this law, the US President has authority to “investigate, regulate, or prohibit” transactions involving “any property in which any foreign country or a national thereof has any interest by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.”

On Sept. 23, 2001, President George W. Bush, based on IEEPA, issued Executive Order No. 13224, entitled “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism” to address “the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and the Pentagon committed on Sept. 11, 2001” and “the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on US nationals or the United States.”

Without naming Rahmat as Zulkifli’s relative, the FBI could have used the DNA of Rahmat to match his brother’s based on the sentencing guidelines pronounced by Judge Jeremy Fogel of the US District Court in Northern California.

Fogel had ordered Rahmat to “cooperate in the collection of DNA as directed by the probation officer.”

The DNA sample provided by Rahmat was used to compare the biological sample supposedly taken from Zulkifli’s body in the Philippines.

Following a 20-minute hearing on Aug. 26, 2010, Fogel sentenced Rahmat to spend 120 months in a federal prison, three years’ supervised release and $100 special assessment fee.

Rahmat had pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists in the offense and dismissed the rest of the indictments returned by a grand jury on Aug. 1, 2007.

Had Rahmat gone to trial, he would have faced 15 years in prison and $250,000 fine if he were convicted on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.

Because Rahmat is “not considered a threat the United States,” Fogel said he “should be housed accordingly” and be “remanded to the Custody of the US Marshal” and his “appearance bond is hereby exonerated.”

Since Rahmat could not be deported because he is a US naturalized citizen, Fogel also ordered him to a three-year supervised release and report to the probation office in the district of release within 72 hours from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons.

Rahmat was also ordered to “not unlawfully possess a controlled substance” and “shall submit to one drug test within 15 days of release from imprisonment and two periodic drug tests.”

However, the “drug testing condition is suspended based on the court’s determination that the defendant poses a low risk of future substance abuse” and the “defendant shall not possess a firearm, ammunition, destructive device, or any other dangerous weapon.”

Rahmat, 51, is currently detained at the Federal Correctional Institution Lompoc, a low security institution in Lompoc, California. He is scheduled to be released on April 18, 2016.

Rahmat was indicted by a grand jury based on records unsealed on Aug. 1, 2007.

The indictments were based on a series of exchanges of email messages between Rahmat and Marwan “beginning on a date unknown and continuing through at least August 2007 in the Northern District of California and elsewhere.”

In sending terrorism materials, Rahmat used his sender’s names as “Sean Kasem, Sean Kalimin, Roy Kalimin and Salam A. Jabar” while he addressed the packages to his younger brother under the aliases as “Zulkifli Bin Abdul Hir, Hulagu, Holagu, Lagu, Marwan, Kulon, Musa Abdul, Musa Abdul Hir, Zulkifli Abdul Hir, Zulkifli bin Hir, Abdul Hir bin Zulkifli, Abdulhir Bin Hir and Bin Abdul Hir Zulkifli.”

Rahmat used his email address of ariman789@yahoo.com and sends his email to his brother under the email handles, ikankariman@yahoo.com and dutyfree97@yahoo.com.

In their email exchanges, Marwan wanted Rahmat to send him “accessories for firearms, backpacks, Insignia two-way radios, knives and publications about firearms” to the Philippines, using such codes as “iron” for firearms, “dogs” for government agents and “prizes and presents” for bombs or IEDs (improvised explosive devices).

Zulkifli was either born on Jan. 5, 1966 or Oct. 5, 1966 in Muar, Johor, Malaysia. He speaks Malaysian, English, Tagalog and Arabic. He was an engineer trained in the US. Zulkifli was said to be the head of Kumpulun Mujahidin Malaysia (KMM) terrorist organization and a ranking member of JI central command. He trained terrorist organizations in bomb making, including the notorious Abu Sayyaf in southern Philippines.

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Napeñas: SAF killed 250 of their attackers

By Patricia Lourdes Viray (philstar.com) | Updated February 9, 2015 - 1:09pm

Around 250 individuals were killed by the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) during an operation which turned into an armed encounter with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last January 25.

In a Senate hearing on Monday, relieved SAF chief Getulio Napeñas stressed that the members of the elite police force who were sent to the mission were highly trained individuals.

"They know what they're doing and know what to do in times of adversity and hostility. Had it been otherwise, the combined force of the MILF and BIFF and other private armed groups would have not suffered at least 250 casualties in the midst of the firefight that took place almost the whole day," Napeñas said.

Napeñas added that members of the SAF assault group were able to shoot at least 150 of their enemies.

PSupt. Raymond Train, one of the SAF survivors, said that he shot at least 25 attackers during the encounter, according to Napeñas.

SAF snipers stationed in the area were able to take down at least 20 of their opponents, Napeñas added.

"Had the artillery support we requested arrived on time, the situation would have been entirely different," Napeñas explained, adding that early reinforcements would have lessened the number of SAF casualties.

Napeñas stressed that the SAF commandos were more than prepared for the operation to arrest Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli Bin Hir, alias Marwan, and his Filipino cohort Basit Usman.

"Mission accomplished. This is only the word that the SAF troopers needed to hear, only that it happened with a price the lives of our 44 brave young men," Napeñas said.

The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs is currently conducting its probe on the Mamasapano incident which led to the death of 44 police commandos.

http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/02/09/1421861/napenas-saf-killed-250-their-attackers


HAD THE GOVT STATED THIS '250 CASUALTY COUNT ON THE ENEMY SIDE', THE LOSS OF THE 44 SAF TROOPERS WOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN THE PUBLIC AND THEIR OWN FAMILIES THE ONEROUS GRIEF BUT MORE OF THE PRIDE OF KNOWING THEY DIED SO HEROICALLY.

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Drone video of Mamasapano extraction route

February 9, 2015 7:34pm

GMA News' Raffy Tima posted this drone video of the area in Brgy. Tukanalipao, Mamasapano that was supposed to be the extraction route for members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force during the fateful encounter on January 25 that took the lives of 44 elite commandos.

Video http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/430934/news/nation/watch-drone-video-of-mamasapano-extraction-route

An aerial view of the PNP-SAF extraction route towards waiting SAF commandos on the highway more than a kilometer away, cut-off by an overwhelming MILF force. Behind them, were BIFF forces. The river offering little to no cover, but was used by the lone surviving SAF to escape the slaughter.
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MILF says it will return SAF guns, personal belongings

INQUIRER.net 10:26 AM | Tuesday, February 10th, 2015


The chief peace negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said Tuesday morning that it would be returning the guns and personal belongings of the members of the Special Action Force (SAF) slain in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, last January 25.

Mohagher Iqbal issued the statement in a letter to Senator Grace Poe during the Senate hearing on the killing of the SAF commandos.



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PNP Board of Inquiry fact file on Mamasapano clash


By ROSE-AN JESSICA DIOQUINO, GMA NewsFebruary 9, 2015 12:23pm


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