Video footage showed a male Caucasian as among those killed in the Mamasapano operation, a spokesperson for the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters told GMA News Online on Friday.
BIFF spokesman Abu Misry Mama said the man was definitely a foreigner based on his physical attributes.
“Hindi ako mismo ang nakakita [doon sa lugar] pero may video ang mga bata (BIFF members) na pinakita sa akin na puti talaga. Hindi ko lang alam kung American, Arabian, German o kung ano man basta foreigner at matangkad,” Mama said in an interview.
Mama said the BIFF's video footage showed the man lying lifeless along with members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force who died in operation.
Mama also said it was not unusual for a foreigner especially Americans to be involved in the Mamasapano clash since they were interested in the bounty on Zulkifli bin Hir alias Marwan.
Marwan, an international terrorist and Malaysian bomb expert with a $5 million bounty was the primary targets of the PNP-SAF's operation during the Mamasapano clash.
Marwan was reportedly neutralized while the other target, Filipino bomb maker Basit Usman escaped and is said to be nursing a shoulder gun wound.
Earlier, Party-list Gabriela cited civilian accounts of recovery operations following the incident saying that a body of a Caucasian was retrieved along with those of the slain SAF members.
But the US Embassy has repeatedly denied the allegations that some of their nationals were involved in the Mamasapano operation.
On Jan. 25, the PNP-SAF launched a massive operation against the terrorists in alleged Moro Islamic Liberation Front territory in Mamasapano.
Forty-four policemen died in the misencounter with the rebels, with whom the government has an existing peace agreement. The MILF claims 18 died from among its ranks.
The MILF also figured in a firefight with the BIFF, a breakaway group of the MILF.
Forty-four policemen died in the misencounter with the rebels, with whom the government has an existing peace agreement. The MILF claims 18 died from among its ranks.
The MILF also figured in a firefight with the BIFF, a breakaway group of the MILF.
That sly old BIFF propagandist Abu Misry Mama attempts ride on the CPP's disinformation campaign by suggesting that he has video footage of a dead male Caucasian that he admits "Hindi ko lang alam kung American, Arabian, German o kung ano man basta foreigner at matangkad." (I just don't know if he was American, Arabian, German or whatever, but he was foreign and tall.) He then suggests that the presence of Americans (or other foreigners) would not be unusual during SAF operations given the reward money associated with Marwan.
ReplyDeleteSo where is this video? Let's take a look at it. Should we just take Mr. Mama at his word since he is a such a trustworthy terrorist. I don't think so. This just a lame effort by Mama to land a propaganda jab against the Filipinos and Americans by having his comments jibe with the CPP anti-US disinformation effort.