City in Shock - Botched Rescue Operation Led to 8 Deaths!
During the past week, my city had been in a state of shock and anger over the death of 9 hostages on a tourist bus in Manila Philipines
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The operation was obviously totally incompetently carried out and was botched.
1. The bus was hijacked by an sacked policeman who somehow still had access to automatic weapons.
2. The hijack lasted over 10 hours during which there was ample opportunity to take out the gunman, even without harming him physically as food and water was delivered.
3. There was a TV in the bus and the media had full access to the hijack site. The gunmen was able to see what was going on around him. He became enraged when he saw his brother being arrested and that was when the shooting started.
4. Once the Manila police decided to storm the bus, it took them an hour to do it. Some were using sledge hammers and it was obvisous that they were poorly trained and equiped.
5. The Manila police refused to allow a highly trained SWAT team to help. The Philipines does have its highly trained anti-terrorist forces.
To add insult to injury, a Philipines national flag was initially placed on the coffin of the gunmen by his relatives, and more than 1000 persons attended his funeral as if he was a national hero.
Needless to say, temperatures are running very high over here against the Philipines right now. It is sad because there are so many Filipinos here and there are concerns that they may be subject to violence and other retribution. Moroever, there is a black travel alert warning against the Philipines.
Derek
Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business.
The operation was obviously totally incompetently carried out and was botched.
1. The bus was hijacked by an sacked policeman who somehow still had access to automatic weapons.
2. The hijack lasted over 10 hours during which there was ample opportunity to take out the gunman, even without harming him physically as food and water was delivered.
3. There was a TV in the bus and the media had full access to the hijack site. The gunmen was able to see what was going on around him. He became enraged when he saw his brother being arrested and that was when the shooting started.
4. Once the Manila police decided to storm the bus, it took them an hour to do it. Some were using sledge hammers and it was obvisous that they were poorly trained and equiped.
5. The Manila police refused to allow a highly trained SWAT team to help. The Philipines does have its highly trained anti-terrorist forces.
To add insult to injury, a Philipines national flag was initially placed on the coffin of the gunmen by his relatives, and more than 1000 persons attended his funeral as if he was a national hero.
Needless to say, temperatures are running very high over here against the Philipines right now. It is sad because there are so many Filipinos here and there are concerns that they may be subject to violence and other retribution. Moroever, there is a black travel alert warning against the Philipines.
Derek
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Getting old ain't for sissy's
As you are I was, as I am you will be
You can't fix stupid, but you can always out smart it.
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Getting old ain't for sissy's
As you are I was, as I am you will be
You can't fix stupid, but you can always out smart it.
Do not get between a wombat and a chocolate biscuit; you will regret it dearly!
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