Suara Bangsamoro and Liga ng Kabataang Moro hold a rally Thursday, February 5, 2015 in front of the 6th Infantry Division in Maguindanao province in southern Philippines to protest against US military involvement in police operation that left 68 people dead. (Photos courtesy of Kilab Multimedia)
Multi-sectoral group Suara Bangsamoro and student activists held a rally in front of an army base in southern
The secret mission also killed Malaysian bomber Zulkifli bin
Hir, alias Marwan, who was wanted by both US and Philippine authorities.
The Suara Bangsamoro and Liga ng Kabataang Moro accused the
military of cuddling US
troops suspected of leading the botched operation mounted by Special Action
Force commandos in the village
of Tukanalipao in
Mamasapano town on January 25.
Amirah Lidasan, National President of Suara Bangsamoro, said
US
troops must be held accountable and punished for reportedly leading the failed
police operation that also killed 17 MILF members, including 7 civilians.
Citing reports from civilians, Lidasan said at least 4 US soldiers
were spotted in Mamasapano town and believed to be part of the SAF operation.
“The presence of US forces in Maguindanao poses many possible threats to the
community that could endanger many civilians,” Lidasan said.
She said the US
military also regularly flies drones in Maguindanao and other parts of the
Muslim autonomous region and violates the country’s sovereignty. “Our internal
affairs should not concern the US
and they should not be given any opportunity to manipulate any operations
within the Philippines ,”
Lidasan said.
The US Embassy has denied American forces were involved in
the SAF operation, but admitted that troops helped evacuate the wounded
commandos on the request of the Filipino government.
The commies are at again. This anemic protest action carried out by a handful of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) activists is part of the ongoing commie disinformation campaign that seeks to link the US military to the controversial Mamasapano raid that led to the deaths of 44 SAF policemen.
ReplyDeleteAs I have noted in previous comments, Suara Bangsamoro (Voice of the Moro People) and the Liga ng Kabataang Moro (League of Moro Youth) are two of five Moro-based CPP front organizations active in the Southern Philippines. The other front groups are the Moro-Christian People's Alliance (MCPA), Kawagib Human Rights Center, and the Khadidja women's rights group.
Amirah Ali Lidasan, is a long-time CPP activist and holds key positions in both Suara Bangsamoro and the MCPA. Surprisingly, Lidasan is a wayward member of the influential Candao clan from Central Mindanao, a clan that has close ties to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
Lidasan and Suara Bangsamoro have a long track record of fabricating alleged US military human rights abuses and in opposing the US military presence in the Southern Philippines. The group has participated in the anti-US military protest activities of at least two CPP umbrella front organizations. These include the protest caravans conducted by Patriyotiko Mindanao and by the US Troops Out Now! - Mindanao Coalition.