Possible false flag bombing in progress in the Philippines
This entry is meant to inform people in or from the Philippines that false flag operations are not so rare. It is hard to fathom sometimes that your own government can kill innocent civilians in order to foist propaganda - a false narrative - in order to justify an action which would otherwise have been unpopular or transparently self serving.
On Friday, October 19, 2007, a very powerful blast destroyed part of the Glorieta shopping mall in the Makati central business district. 11 people died and more than a hundred were injured. Glorieta is a popular mall which I frequent and has been visited at least once by most everyone who lives in the national capital region.
The initial claim from the Philippine National Police was that it was an accident caused by ignition of LPG fuel. Further police investigation however revealed the presence of RDX, a powerful explosive that is a component of C4 and a highly controlled substance in the Philippines. It is said that only the military has access to C4 in the country. The most recent claim, three days later is that the blast is more likely an accident again.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view_article.php?article...
This news release claims diesel fuel may have been the cause - a bizzare story since there is so much blast damage and little fire.
Quite immediately, people have speculated that perhaps the government was involved in the blast. Why so? The blast came just at the time that the media and political opposition has been intensely scrutinizing the government over the corrupt internet backbone network contract and the recent admission by a governor that he had received a bribe from palace staff. The bombing incident is seen by some as a ploy to divert public attention away from the corruption investigations.
Having said that, no evidence has been conclusively found which would point to the government's involvement. Only a reading of history and a feel for how things click together would lead to this sad conclusion.
Here are just three editorials linking the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo administration to the Makati blast:
1. Bombing eclipsed bribery in Malacañang (
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view_article.php?article_id=95887
2. No way out (Inquirer)
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/editorial/view_article.php?a...
3. Oh, no, you don’t get off so easy (by Conrado de Quiroz)
http://www.inquirer.net/specialreports/nbndeal/view.php?db=1&article=200...
The following clip from the de Quiros editorial recounts a bombing which took place 35 years ago during the Marcos administration, a false flag operation:
It was early evening, and most of the stores in Carriedo, then the
seat of upscale shopping, had just closed for the day. People were
rushing by, looking for a ride home. Then suddenly, Joe’s Department
Store, one of the more prominent places there, let out a roar followed
by debris flying in all directions. A woman who was standing in front
of the store had her face torn off. She died on the spot. Some 41 other
people were wounded and brought to various hospitals. The bomb
blast—which it was—left a gaping hole where a door used to be.
Juan Ponce Enrile, Ferdinand Marcos’ chief aide, was quick to blame
the NPA for the bomb blast, by far the fiercest in a series of bombings
that had been terrorizing the capital. Mayor Ramon Bagatsing echoed the
charge. Unfortunately for them, the homicide division chief of the
Metropolitan Police, Felicisimo Lazaro, took his job seriously. His
sleuthing led to the unmasking of one Mario Gabuten, a sergeant
assigned to the Firearms and Explosives Unit of Camp Crame. But before
Lazaro could present him to the press, the PC “borrowed†him, and
nothing more was heard from—or of—him.
Less than three weeks later, Marcos declared martial law."
If you think it is possible for the Philippine government to have betrayed it's own, frankly we are used to it, I dare you to consider the possibility that the US government has done the same on 9-11. False flag ops are not as rare as they might at first seem.
Latest update:
Just today, news came out that 2 men in Army uniform were stopped by police from planting evidence in the Glorietta mall bomb scene.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?a...
Pictures of the blast scene are available here:
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who did it?
 Another opinion on the most likely suspects:
http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Opinion&p=49&type=2&sec=25&aid=2007102277Â
"A short list of Glorietta 2 suspects
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIRÂ By William M. Esposo
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
It was whodunit time in Metro Manila last Friday shortly after news broke about the explosion incident in Glorietta 2. Theories quickly circulated through text messages that either added to the confusion or were intended to add to the confusion.Â
Assuming the explosion was deliberate, to
arrive at a good theory on “whodunit†— one must look into motive along
with other key factors, such as opportunity and the inclination to
employ the method. Going by these yardsticks we short listed the
following suspects:
1. The Arroyo
regime theory tops the list as the favorite suspect. This theory
presupposes that Madame Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) ordered or
authorized it or, at the very least, knew about it.
2. If not the
Arroyo regime itself, one cannot discount the possibility that a
splinter group of the Arroyo regime could have done it without GMA’s
knowing it and authorizing it.
3. A desperate
faction of the Opposition cannot be discounted. The Joseph Estrada camp
comes to mind. There is a conviction hanging over Estrada’s head and by
his own admission, he does not consider a Sandiganbayan reversal of his
conviction will happen. Along with the Opposition as suspect, Senator
Panfilo Lacson, a former Estrada enforcer with a military and police
background, will be in the short list.
4. The favorite terrorists have of course to be looked into, notably the Abu Sayyaf and the Jemaah Islamiyah groups.
5. Then too,
there is the theory of the bombing being the work of a crime syndicate
extorting protection money. There was even mention of a Chinese crime
syndicate that preyed on Chinese establishments like Luk Yuen where the
bomb detonated.
6. Oh, but of course, the CPP-NPA has to be in the short list. They have a good motive — to stir the pot and sow confusion.
7. And as I mentioned in my Sunday column — we cannot rule out a superpower like theUS
8. Last of our possible suspects are the rebel officers of the military, as added pressure on the regime or a preparatory move.
The Arroyo regime as prime suspect
The Arroyo regime is besieged, itsEmergency
coalition is cracking, and the ZTE scandal and the bribery cases that
followed the explosive Senate ZTE hearings established a good motive to
do the bombing — either to divert public attention or to stage the
basis for declaring a State of
If we are to go by the stories of bribery
attempts as exposed by Representatives Crispin Beltran and Rufus
Rodriguez and Governor Fr. Ed Panlilio, we can also consider this as
but another one of those desperate moves.
GMA has shown that she will not stop at
anything so as not to be evicted from Malacañang. Her regime has been
linked to the murder of over 800 unarmed political activists. It is
easy to believe that they are capable of resorting to this.
A faction of the regime
This could well be the high ranking members
of the Arroyo regime who have been former police and military generals.
If one of these two groups did it on their own, this could mean that
they are already looking at preserving their power base in a post-GMA
era.
In this scenario, theUS West Point and Annapolis
could be a player. US tentacles in our officers’ corps run deep. Most
of our top officers trained in US forts and military schools like
Regardless if it is the regime or a group
therein behind it, what is likely to follow is a sequence of events.
The bombing is a precursor and not the objective by itself. If it is
the regime, we’ll likely see subsequent efforts to justify a
declaration of an emergency rule and a wide application of the
anti-terror act. If it is a group within the regime, expect a coup to
follow.
The other suspects
The other suspects that we listed do not rate as probable culprits as the Arroyo regime for the following reasons:
1. Save for the Muslim extremists and
CPP-NPA, the others like the political Opposition and the rebel
military do not seem to have the established inclination for using the
tactic and may not have the opportunity or capability to do it.
2. The Opposition and the rebel faction of
the military will be concerned with public support and will be foolish
to use this as their first step in a power takeover bid.
3. If the Opposition or the rebel faction
of the military is to do it, they would likely opt for a “pyrotechnicâ€
type of bombing — to simply create a big blast but not to kill. The
strength of the blast shows a desperate attempt to usher a subsequent
move.
What happens next will reveal the hand of the one who did it."
Israeli expert
Why does this sound so hard to trust?
 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view_article.php?article_id=96755
Israeli expert says Glorietta blast caused by gas
By Julie M. Aurelio
Inquirer
Last updated 09:05pm (Mla time) 10/25/2007
MANILA,
Philippines -- Based on a visual inspection of the Glorietta 2
basement, an Israeli security and anti-terror expert described the
damage as “typical of a gas blast†especially with the absence of bomb
parts.
In an interview, David Nevo of the Coral Integrated Security Systems
Ltd (Coraliss) said the damage to the floors, concrete ceiling and the
diesel tank point to the possibility that Friday's explosion was not
caused by an explosive or a bomb.
“To my impression.. it's more likely that it was because of a gas
explosion because of the type of damage (in the basement) which is also
a closed volume,†Nevo said Thursday.
Nevo serves as a managing director at Coraliss, a private Israeli
security firm. He is a retired police chief superintendent with over 25
years of experience in security and anti-terror management.
He described the G2 basement as “all blasted up at the same time†which he said was a very “typical gas blast.â€
“I think there was a leak of gas inside the basement, when mixed
with oxygen and a spark.. then it will blow up,†the security expert
said.
The mixture of dangerous gases such as methane plus oxygen
especially in a “closed volume†can cause an explosion so devastating
it could bring down an entire building, he added.
“In a closed volume, when dangerous gases mix together with oxygen,
then you have a spark, that can destroy a whole building.. It is also
possible that it can be more powerful than a bomb,†Nevo said.
Nevo based his observation on a visit to the Glorietta 2 basement on
Tuesday, although he clarified that he was there as an independent
observer.
He added that he was not privy to the results of the laboratory tests on the sample residues found at the blast site.
His observations tend to support the theory of the Philippine
National Police that the explosion was not caused by a bomb or
improvised explosive but by a gas explosion.
Nevo said he conferred with an Australian observer at the site and that “I think we got the same impression.â€
However he added that he did not share with the police his observations as he was there as an independent observer.
“They (other people) may think it is a terrorist attack, but I don't think so,†Nevo pointed out.
Police have yet to recover any residue of any explosive or components of a bomb from the site five days after the blast.
“Usually you can find traces of explosives in samples, even small traces,†Nevo noted.
He added that they have had cases of gas explosions creating such
damage in Israel that a law requires all malls, buildings and even
homes to conduct a check on their gas systems at least once a year.
The Israeli expert also assured tourists that there was no reason
not to come to the Philippines especially with speculations of terror
threats.
“There is no reason for tourists to be alarmed, even if it a terror
attack. I'm saying the same for Israel. It (terror attacks) can happen
all over the world, it can happen in your country or yours,†Nevo
explained.
If the gas explosion theory is indeed proven true, Nevo recommended
malls and other buildings to undergo a strict inspection of their gas
networks at east once a year.
“There must be also special detectors which would sound an alarm if ever there is leaking gas of any kind,†he added.
gotta love the "terror experts"
Just tell us who to bomb and where to send the checks! Thank you terror experts!
Remember the October 2001 thwarted attack against the Mexican parliament?
yup...
and how completely it was wiped out of mass media.
Government prosecutors to reopen Glorietta blast investigation
Perhaps real justice this time.
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=625525&publicationSubCate...
Government prosecutors to reopen Glorietta blast investigation
By Edu Punay (The Philippine Star) Updated October 30, 2010 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Government prosecutors will again investigate the Glorietta 2 mall explosion that killed 11 people three years ago after a retired Army colonel claimed that the blast was not caused by methane gas.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima ordered Senior State Prosecutors Peter Ong and Gino Paolo Santiago to conduct another fact-finding investigation and submit their recommendations within 45 days.
The two were tasked to validate facts on the cause of the explosion, review reports of investigative agencies, assess and evaluate existing evidence, gather more evidence, and take additional statements from available witnesses.
De Lima has expressed interest in the claim of retired colonel Allan Sollano, former head of the Army Explosive and Ordinance Disposal unit that a bomb caused the blast at the Makati mall.
Sollano said the military
and police covered up the real cause of the explosion on orders of Malacañang to conceal a destabilization plot against then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
De Lima said if Sollano’s claim is true, she wants to know the reason behind it.
“What could be the motive of the previous administration in covering it up?” she said.
“Was there a brewing scandal at that time that they wanted to divert the attention of the public?”
De Lima said probers should first determine if Sollano is willing to cooperate and execute a sworn statement.
“If he feels that his security would be threatened, then he can always come to us and request for witness protection,” she said.
“But we first want to know the particulars of his statement.
“If he is serious about his claim, then he must give us more information”
Investigators must also look into Sollano’s claims, De Lima said.
At Camp Aguinaldo, Armed Forces chief Gen. Ricardo David Jr. denied yesterday that he had a hand in the alleged cover-up of the Glorietta 2 explosion.
“I was surprised that my name got dragged in the Glorietta blast controversy,” he said.
“What will I stand to gain (from the cover-up)?”
Sollano said David, who was then Army Support Command chief, stopped him from issuing statements to the media about the explosion.
“ There was a specific instruction for me not to talk to the media,” he said.
A Malaysian forensic expert tapped by Ayala Land Inc, owner of Glorietta 2, had concluded that the explosion was caused by a bomb.
David said the US Federal Bureau of Investigation has upheld the findings that methane gas caused the blast.
“How could he (Sollano) account for the findings of the FBI and the PNP (Philippine National Police)?” he said.
Meanwhile, retired police Director Luizo Ticman, Southern Police District chief at the time of the explosion, said Sollano must be charged in court if investigation would support the findings that the blast was an accident.
“The FBI, Australian experts and analysts from the Ateneo-based PIFAC (Philippine Institute for Pure and Applied Chemistry) conducted their respective independent investigation and all of them found no trace of explosives,” he said.
Ticman questioned Sollano’s motive in claiming that a bomb caused the explosion.
“We speak based on evidence just like all other agencies which investigated the incident,” he said.
Ticman, who headed the investigation into the explosion, said the findings were supported with concrete evidence and analysis of experts from different government agencies.
They have posted their findings on the Philippine National Police website for everyone to scrutinize, he added. – With Alexis Romero, Cecille Suerte Felipe