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CITY OF NAGA, Bicol Region — Despite of the numbers game in counting US troops stationed in Mindanao, nationalist groups called for their removal from the country. ManiLakbayan, the protest caravan from Mindanao corrected media reports saying only about 600 US troops are stationed in Mindanao.
“We would like to check the data in our media statement on November 21 (2014). The count should be 600 US forces in Camp Navarro in Zamboanga City, not 6,000,” said Fr. Christopher Ablon, spokesperson for Manilakbayan.
“We sincerely apologize for our erroneous encoding of the data. However, we still would like to emphasize that regardless of the number of the US forces, we still strongly call for their removal from the country,“ said Fr. Ablon, informing online news Bicol Today.com.
The protest caravan reacted and corrected immediately the erroneous report about the number of 6000 US troops in Mindanao. (See related story) IBON research group also issued a disclaimer saying their group did not issue any statement regarding the number of US troops.
Kabataang Partylist Rep.Terry Ridon exposed over the week about the alleged report of thousands of US soldiers in Mindanao, but failed to mention his source.
Manilakbayan, a protest caravan composed of people of Mindanao that journeyed to Manila, has earlier reported about US troops stationed in Camp Navarro in Zamboanga City.
Hundreds of people have joined the long journey from Mindanao to Manila to expose the worsening human rights situation in several provinces in Mindanao. Manilakbayan has documented multiple cases of human rights violations, and even the entry of military forces in schools.
http://bicoltoday.com/2014/11/28/600-us-troops-in-mindanao-not-6000-despite-numbers-game-nationalists-want-them-out/
Commie front groups get caught in a lie. Communist Party of the Philippines activists like Rep. Terry Ridon and Fr. Christopher Ablon deliberately used the fictitious number of 6,000 US troops in Mindanao in order draw a comparison with the numbers of US soldiers now deployed to Iraq. The intent was to discredit the US military presence in the Philippines by asserting that number of American troops in the Philippines was massive, exceeding the number of those deployed to Iraq. Now caught in their lie, these commie liars are doing a mea culpa and are rapidly seeking disassociate themselves from the fabricated 6,000 US troops figure.
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