Si Fidel Ramos, ang 'Rizal Day Bombings' at ang Kalbong Agila

Matagal nang pangyayari ito, higit isang dekada na, subalit wala pa ring kapani-paniwalang kasagutan. MGA panatikong Muslim na terorista kaya ang may sala sa pagsabog ng Bus sa EDSA o si Dating Pangulong Fidel V. Ramos a.k.a. TABAKO, katulad ng F-I-D-E-L bombings noong Rizal Day 2000????

Ang mga pagsabog sa iba't ibang bahagi ng Metro Manila kabilang ang LRT noong Disyembre 30, 2000--kalagitnaan ng "Erap Resign" Movement na pinamumunuan nina dating Pangulong Ramos at Pangulo Cory Aquino, noon ay Bise-Presidente Gloria Arroyo at Cardinal Jaime Sin, at mga elit na negosyante at opisyal ng militar--ay kumitil sa buhay ng nasa 22 Pilpino at nagdulot ng kapinsalaan sa mahigit 100 pang katao. Ito ay dali-daling isinisi nila Ramos at Cory sampu ng "civil" evil society, ng mga nagpapatanggal kay Pangulong Joseph "Erap" Estrada sa administrasyon ng huli.

Ayon kay Herman Tiu-Laurel, mukhang ang talaga daw may pakana sa Rizal Day Bombings na sinisisi sa ilang Muslim na terorista ay si dating Pangulongf Fidel V. Ramos at mga puwersang anti-Erap.

When one tries to put together stories of the F-I-D-E-L bombings of nine years, other questions cannot help but be raised: Why were the anti-Erap forces seemingly anticipating some big thing during that period? Why were there not only fingerprints of the MILF, but also the AFP and PNP’s all over the operations of Al Ghozi and company, while FVR’s goodwill over these groups run the gamut of favors, including the Narciso Ramos Highway, which became the MILF’s turf? And why were juicy promotions given to major Edsa II police players, such as Ebdane and Mendoza, when all of them allegedly figured prominently in the mysteries that attended that day’s sinister conspiracy?

F-I-D-E-L bombings: Nine years later
http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20091228com4.html

Nang mapatalsik na ng mga conspirators at mga estups sa EDSA 2 si Pangulong Erap ay matagal pa bago natukoy daw ng awtoridad kung sino ang may pakana ng krimen.  Bago naalis sa pwesto ang halal na si Estrada, lumabas sa imbestigasyon ng kanyang pamahalaan ng ang Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Sa sumunod na pamahalaan ni Arroyo ay inabot ng may maraming taon bago isinara ang kaso.Noong 2003 ay may nahuling isang kasapi ng special operations ng MILF at umaming may kinalaman sa isang antas ng mga pambobomba noong Rizal Day ng 2000. Kinasuhan ito ng maraming kaso ng pagpatay at tangkang pagpatay subalit' makaraan ang tatlong taon ay nilinis ng pamahalaan ni Arroyo ang pangalan ng MILF, gayun din ang MNLF, dahil ang teroristang grupong Jemaah Islamiyah raw ang may pakana talaga sa pambobomba. Tatlong kasapi ng grupo ang hinatulang may sala at pinarusahan ng hanggang 20 taon ng pagkakabilanggo noong 2009.

May hustisya nga kayang nakamit sa naging imbestigasyon at hatol ukol sa Rizal Day Bombings? Patuloy na may mga nagdududa kung taga Jemaah Islamiya nga ba ang may pakana ng karumal-dumal na mga pambobombang iyon. Bakit dalawang beses natukoy ang MILF sa magkaibang imbestigasyon ng pamahalaan, may umamin pa nga at sa huli ay napawalang-sala rin? Natatandaan ko na noong inilabas ng Philippine National Police sa ilalim noong ni PNP Chief Panfilo Lacson ang resulta ng imbestigasyon ay ibinalik pa ng MILF ang sisi sa pamahalaan ni Estrada na para bang synchronized sa mga gustong magpabagsak kay Erap noon. 

Subali't mukhang may mga  itinatagong katotohanan ukol sa Rizal Day Bombings. Mukhang may kinalaman ang ilang shadowy operators sa militar o pulis sa mga pangyayari dahil isang security guard ng LRT at tatay ng isa sa mga biktima, si Crisel Acusin, ang nagsabing isang linggo bago ang pangyayari ay biglang inalis ang serbisyo ng bomb-sniffing na mga aso.  Dagdag pa, sabi nga daw ng isang opisyal ng isang Muslim na non-governmental organization o NGO, mga "fall guys" daw ang hinuli, kinasuhan, at hinatulan sa kaso.

Nguni't ano ang kinalaman ni Fidel "Tabako" Ramos dito? Maaring ginamit nila Ramos ang pagsabog noong Araw ni Rizal para sa destabilization efforts sa pamahalaang Estrada. Si Ramos ay hinahabol ng pamahalaang Estrada doon in connection with the Centennial Expo Scam. Dagdag pa, si Ramos ay kilalang galit kay Erap. It is no secret how Ramos strongly disapproved of Estrada's ascendancy as President. In 1999, a Senate Blue Ribbon investigation produced the testimony indicating that the people at the Centennial Exposition project were asking contractors for LAKAS campaign contributions because they were "desperate in (sic) coming up with all means and money to prevent Erap from winning in the elections."

Tandaan na ang mga nagpatalsik kay Erap ay matatas na opisyal ng exehutibo, Korte Suprema, militar at pinamumunuan nga nina Ramos, Aquino, at Arroyo. AT may isa pang pwersang nasa likod ng sedisyon ng EDSA 2 at ito ay hindi basta-basta--ang Estados Unidos. Si Ramos ang Pangulong masasabing pinakamalapit sa imperyalista lIban kay Presidente Ramos Magsasay at maaring ito ang operator ng U.S. para mapatalsik si Erap.

Mayroong ilang pagtutukoy na makikita ukol sa papel ng Kalbong Agila sa EDSA 2. Isang iginagalang na mamamahayag ang nagsiwalat ukol sa kinalamang ng Kalbong Agila sa pagpapatalskik kay Estrada ay si G. Luis Teodoro, na isa ring dating dean ng College of Mass Communication ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas. Ayon kay Teodoro: "Gloria Macapagal -Arroyo came to power in 2001 with the help of the US and its local allies in the Church, the military and the business community." Medyo nakakagulat, sa totoo, ang isinulat na ito ni Teodoro dahil siya ay kilalang galit o ayaw kay Estrada subali't beterano na sa pamamahayag, maraming "sources" at mapagkakatiwalaan ang ngayon ay kolumnista rin ng Business World at Bulatlat.

Ang isa pa ay ang kaduda-dudang sobrang accuracy ng 1999 na prediksyon ng isang Amerikanong private 'intelligence' firm, ang Stratfor (Strategic Forecasting) sa pagbagsak ng pamahalaang Estrada. Sinabi ba naman ng Stratfor na hindi raw makakatapos ng termino si Erap at ma-i-impeach daw ito. Ang predikson ng Stratfor na ito ay noong Nobyembre 1999 nang wala pang jueteng expose ni Chavit Singson at lalong wala pang impeachment court!  Mahirap paniwalaang 'intelligence' na kaalaman lamang ito dahil daig pa propeta sa pagiging bullsyes. Sabihin pa, makaraang ang dalawang taon mula pagpapatalsik kay Erap ay naglabas ng balita ang Daily Tribune (Abril 7, 2002) na nagtutukoy kina Ramos at dating national security adviser nito na si Jose Almonte ay "in the thick of providing Stratfor with the information predicting the fall of then President Estrada…” 

Maaring ang mismo pamahalaang ng Kalbong Agila, or at least the dreaded Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), ang gumamit sa Stratfor para mag.foment ng destabilization. Maari ri namang ang kampo lang ni Ramos ang gumamit dito. O kaya ay maaring maagkasabwat ang Estados Unidos at sina Ramos. Bakit kanyo? Dahil si Tabako, sabi nga ng isang retiradong militar na aking kaibigan sa isang social networking site, ay isang pasimpleng Amboy mula't sapul ng career o paghahasa sa military career nito. 

Nag-aral at nagtapos ng apat na kurso si Fidel Ramos sa West Point (United States Military Academy) noong ang tatay nito ay Ambassador to the US. Tapos, bago bago pa lang ito sa Philippine Army ay pinadala na naman sa Estados Unidos para sa dagdag na pagdalubhasa-- mag-specialize sa SPECIAL FORCES nang ito ay magtapos ng Special Forces/Pay Operations/Airborne sa Fort Bragg, North Carolina (kung saan matatagpuan ang Psychological Warfare Center na ngayon ay (now U.S. Army Special Operations Command ). Pagkatapos niya dito ay binuo niya ang Philippine Army Special Forces Company (Airborne) noong Hunyo 1962,  na isang elit na paratroop unit na bihasa hindi lang sa 'community development' kundi sa paglaban sa mga rebeldeng komunista. 

Kaya nga itong si Tabako ang 'Father of Special Forces' at maging ng 'Jungle Fighters' sa buong Hukbong Sandatahan ng Pilipinas hanggang maging Chief of Staff ito. Kasama at "bayani" pa nga raw ito ng Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea (PEFTOK) na isang Cold War na contingent ng Kalbong Agila noong Korean War. Isa pang pagtututang pagsisilbing ginawa nito para sa imperyalistang Estados Unidos ay bilang kasapi ng Philippine Civic Action Group, Republic of Vietnam (Second PHILCAGV) noong Vietnam War. Dagdag pa, naging kasapi o kasapi rin itong si Ramos ng tinatawag na CARLYLE Group, ang isa sa pinakamalaking defense contractor ng Estados Unidos na may interes sa Asia. Ayon sa manunulat na si Dan Briody: "Carlyle has established itself as the gatekeeper between private business interests and U.S. defense spending. And as the Carlyle investors watched the World Trade towers go down, the group's prospects went up."

Sa madaling salita, maaring si Ramos ang operator o isa sa mga pangunahing operator ng Estados Unidos upang mapadali ang pagpapatalsik kay Estrada mula 1999 (o mula pagkakaupo pa siguro nito matapos ang halalan ng 1998). Ang Rizal Day Bombings ay isa sa mga pangyayaring naghasik daw ng takot sa mga foreign investors, maliban pa sa mga Pilipino mismo, noong kasagsagan ng seditious na pagkilos upang tanggalin si Erap sa puwesto. Subali't malalaman pa kaya ng taumbayan kung sino talaga ang may pakana ng karumal-dumal na terorismong iyon taon pa naman sa kabayanihan ni Gat Jose Rizal? Sabi nga ni Ka Mentong:

‎In the final analysis, the question that matters is “Cui bono?” or “Who benefits?” It is clear that all the Edsa II players benefited and to this day do not want the real questions answered. No wonder mainstream media are also silent about this....XXXX

Will we ever get to the truth while an Edsa II government remains in power?

F-I-D-E-L bombings: Nine years later
http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20091228com4.html

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Ilang mga Batis: 

Rizal Day bombings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizal_Day_bombings

Lone suspect in Rizal Day bombings ordered freed by court. http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=89959

Teodoro, Luis. The stake in our hearts. 13 Feb. 2009. http://www.luisteodoro.com/the-stake-in-our-hearts/

"History of Fort Bragg, 1950s". http://www.bragg.army.mil/ Fort Bragg’s online website. http://www.bragg.army.mil/Directorates/Directorate-of-Public-Works/Environment-Division/Forestry/Documents/INRMP(01-05).aspx

Florentino-Hofilena and Ian Sayson. Centennial Expo: Convenient Cover for Election Fundraising. (1999, June 14-16). Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. http://www.pcij.org/stories/1999/expo.html

Is PGMA Being Unfair To The Afp And Pnp?
http://www.rpdev.org/Default/Ramos_Legacy/Articles?performAction=Display&article_id=4
 
Tuazon, Bobby. Current US Hegemony In Asia Pacific. http://www.converge.org.nz/abc/pr28-84.html

Briody, Dan. Carlyle's way: Making a mint inside "the iron triangle" of defense, government, and industry. 8 Jan. 2002. http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/linkscopy/CarlylesWay.html

Why Gloria Denied Superferry 14 Was A Terrorist Attack. 29 May 2006. http://philippinecommentary.blogspot.com/2006/05/why-gloria-denied-superferry-14-was.html

 Fuller, Ken. Stratfor hacked. Daily Tribune. http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20120306com5.html

Consider the Aquino Legacy: Should Noynoy Aquino Run for President?

Sen. Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III is supposedly in Davao for a spiritual retreat, trying to seek "divine guidance" as to whether he should run for president in 2010. I hope that when he emerges on Monday, he would have already communed with and, thereby, been enlightened by the spirits of his father and mother. It is my ardent hope that by the end of his retreat, he would come to the right decision and continue the path of his mortal but noble parents--allow himself to be driven purely by the vision of a truly democratic Philippines, abandon partisan and elitist politics and announce to the Filipinos that he will unify the opposition by dropping his newfound presidential ambitions. He would then ask his supporters to respect the wisdom of his decision and explain that his running will only further divide the country because the obtaining conditions were unlike those in 1985 and 1986.




He would perhaps then articulately recall the famous, stirring words of his father, the late Sen. Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino: "I am no longer seeking the presidency of this land, I am not seeking anymore any office in this country... I shall dedicate the last drop of my blood to the restoration of freedom." His retreat, I hope, will make the senator see that his martyr father was able to unite the Filipinos by entirely letting go of his personal ambitions and offering himself not as a leader who worked to covet the presidency from strongman Ferdinand Marcos but one who offered his life, or his death, to achieve our unity.

1986 Conditions Not Found

It is true, of course, that Noynoy's mother, former President Corazon "Cory" Cojuangco Aquino, ran for the top elective post in 1986 and in a way, therefore, materialized in her person the old presidential ambitions of Ninoy. However, as practically everyone recognizes so, Cory was a reluctant presidential bet who only agreed to run in the bid to unite the opposition. The unity process went like this: following President Marcos' call for snap elections "in answer to [the opposition's] request," one million signatures petitioning for Cory's candidacy were presented her; the opposition then slowly united behind Ninoy's widow; while it took some time, her husband's friend and top presidential contender of the mainstream opposition, former Sen. Salvador "Doy" Laurel of the UNIDO party was eventually convinced to slide down as Cory's vice-presidential running mate amidst public clamor to ensure an opposition victory.


If Noynoy were any bit serious in truly carrying out the patriotic mission of his parents in ensuring that democracy lives on, he'll see that the present conditions do not warrant his bid for the presidency, at least not yet in 2010. For one, the incumbent "President" Gloria Arroyo is constitutionally barred from running for the presidency. This means that unless charter change efforts by the administration succeed, there really is no strongman or strongwoman that the opposition will face. Secondly, there appears to be no replication of the 1 M signatures happening (which today should really be around 1.8 or 2M to compensate for the country's population increase).

Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, there are so many presidential wannabe's from the opposition and they are generally not inclined to give way to him. Just about those who have signified the intention to shelve their own presidential ambitions for any "unity" bet are his own partymates or ex-partymates: Mar Roxas, who probably has been under pressure from ex. Sen. Jovito Salonga, and Sen. Francis Pangilinan, who is only eyeing the VP slot anyhow. Gov. Panlilio has reportedly already gave way but all other top opposition contenders based on survey showings are not: Villar, Escudero, Legarda and even ex-President Joseph Estrada.

Should Noynoy Listen to Lacson and Pangilinan?

Noynoy should also question the "moral quality" of the politicians urging him to run if he really wants to be rightly guided in his decision. Sen. Panfilo Lacson is also throwing his support behind Noynoy and has even urged Estrada to do the same but the thing is that he's not even a presidential contender. Moreover, Lacson is known not only for abandoning his Jose Pidal expose but worse, also has the track record of splitting the opposition back in 2004. Had he agreed to play second fiddle to Fernando Poe Jr., Arroyo would have been long out of Malacanang and the governance problems of this country not allowed to balloon to debacle levels.

Pangilinan is another figure Noynoy should not easily heed and, instead, question for his political morality. In throwing support for Sen. Aquino, the husband of mega-actress Sharon Cuneta claimed in an interview that the only reason he wanted to run for VP was because he hoped to introduce an alternative government program. What moral right does Pangilinan have to claim he stands for reform and tell the Filipinos to support Noynoy when he is a suspect insofar as disrespect of the constitution and the people's vote is concerned. Who could really forget his role as Sen. "Noted" during the canvassing of votes for the disputed 2004 elections? Being the chairman of the Joint Congressional Canvassing body, he certainly played a notable role in the failure of Congress to open the contested provincial COCs and provide the Philippines the real victor in the presidential elections, a year before the "Hello Garci" wiretapping expose. Perhaps, his "Noted" role even gives every genuine believer in the workings of democracy the right to suspect him as one of Arroyo's minions in Congress who were tasked to delay “the senatorial canvassing until after the voting on the rules“, as revealed by the 11:25, 26 May 2004 recording in the ‘Hello Garci’ tapes.

Gov. Panlilio, on the other, does speak from a moral high ground and Noynoy can perhaps listen to him. However, it is also a fact that the governor priest is considered a minor presidential contender with negligible base of support.

If the conditions that paved the way for Cory's presidential bid in 1986 were to form the basis of Sen. Aquino's decision for 2010, the unijo hijo of Ninoy should find no reason to jump into the coming presidential race. The best possible but rather remote scenario that those pushing him to run can hope for are that the three factors be replicated today in a sort of reversed order--Noynoy announces his bid, the 1 or 2 million signatures are presented to him, and all the presidential wannabe's from the opposition support him. If that happens, that would be called baiting for it; otherwise, Noynoy will only further split the opposition.

Beware What the People Really Want

Misreading of what the general public--not just a limited strata of the entire population--wants could only work against the interest and genuine advancement of the nation, and could even alienate and trample on the will of the masses. I remember that following the EDSA 2 disguised coup, I started avoiding broadcast commemorative features or documentaries of the 1986 EDSA as well as tarmac scenes of Ninoy's assassination. In fact, I even went as far as dismissing those historic scenes as events come to naught due to the EDSA 2's sacrilege of the genuine spirit of "People Power" and the destruction of the very Constitution the original EDSA brought forth. Her own mother seemed to share my cerebral processing of the pretender "People Power,” as proved no less by Cory's December 2008 apology to Erap over being "guilty to the 2001 uprising" (Amidst news na nagkasagutan sila, the spokeswoman 'clarified' that the apology was said in "jest" but later stressed that the former President is "not taking it back.")


Unless "Tita Cory" herself, before she died, was able to give even just a hint that he should seek the presidency in 2010 in order to "unite the opposition" or forge a stronger front against the totally wicked governance of the EDSA 2 "President" whose para-constitutional installation they both were themselves were party to, then Noynoy better just go the way of his noble parents. In 1992, following her task of restoring the institutions of democracy, Cory did the way of her hero husband and refused the temptation of taking another shot at the presidency. She remained vigilant in guarding the newfound democracy, figuring in the anti-Cha-Cha rallies during Ramos' time. The late former President made the "mistake" of calling for Erap's ouster in 2001, but before her death, managed to make peace with the masses of EDSA 3. This helped renew what she had long lost, the "Cory magic," to resurface in the show of ardent support and militancy during her funeral.

Ninoy, the patriarch of this seeming family of patriots, showed his great love for the country by turning his back on elite politics, his Liberal Party, and his presidential ambitions. If Sen. Noynoy truly wants to offer his life to serve the Philippines, it would be wise for him to follow the examples of his parents while being his own man: rise above partisan politics and forget that he is an LP, listen less to the civil society's views of what democracy and government should be, and listen more to the politically marginalized masses. If he can do that, he'll know whether to run or not in 2010.

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References:

Arroyo, "Hello Garci" and the Anniversary of Her Bogus Presidency. 30 June 2008. http://forthephilippines.blogspot.com/2008/06/arroyo-hello-garci-and-anniversary-of.html

Corazon Aquino. (2009, September 4). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:26, September 4, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corazon_Aquino&oldid=311903495

From Dictatorship to Democracy.' BBC News. February 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/documentary_archive/4713466.stm

Iyer, Pico. Corazon Aquino. TIME. 5 January 1987. http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/personoftheyear/archive/stories/1986.html

NATv EXCLUSIVE: Ninoy Aquino's memorable speech in Los Angeles (4 of 9). YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyXUq_H4uNs

Video Collection of the Hello Garci? Tapes from Youtube. http://www.youtube.comwatchv=okgENwzIxZw&feature=PlayList&p= 6F58785F3AFB1DA7&index=0&playnext=1

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Photo Credits:

Corazon Aquino (1933 - 2009). Washington Post. 31 July 2009. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/07/31/GA2009073103281.html?sid=ST2009073103362

Last Journey of Ninoy Poster. http://www.edwinsoriano.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/The-Last-Journey-of-Ninoy-poster.jpg

Noynoy Aquino Site. http://www.noynoy.ph

Ping Lacson Site. http://www.pinglacson.net/home