Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Who masterminded the EDSA Bus blast? First Angle: Prelude to a Coup

Former PNP Intelligence chief retired cop Rodulfo "Boogie" Mendoza, in an interview over TV Patrol, accused the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Special Operations Group and the New People's Army (NPA) as the ones behind the bomb blast which killed 5 people and injured several others.


According to Mendoza, who now heads the Philippine Institute for Peace, says that they got an information that a group has been formed with members of the MILF SOG and the New People's Army. Mendoza said the group is called Moro Army Committee or MAC.


Crap. Bull. 


First off, it is unthinkable for both groups to form a revolutionary group. Why? Because it is anathema for a pious Muslim to even think of becoming a Socialist or a Communist. Islam is, by itself, an ideology, and it cannot be that a Muslim would actually join a "God-less" ideology such as Communism.


There is no Muslim "Communist". There is only a Muslim, period. 


Second, the name mentioned by Mendoza is obviously, a crude name. How would a Communist, like an NPA, agree on calling their group "Moro Army" Committee when the word "Moro" by itself, has pejorative connotation? Besides, why use the word "committee" to describe a hit squad? Is it too funny?


Third, there is no special operations group within the MILF structure. Besides, why would the MILF sabotage the peace talks with the GRP? Why would a rebel group sabotage such negotiations which are still in the preliminary stage.


There are several angles being pursued by analysts, one of which is the possibility that this is part of the "scare tactics" employed by several generals whose names are now being dragged into the General Carlos Garcia case.


First, the timing. The bomb blast happened at the time when Garcia's case is being heard at the Sandiganbayan. The blast effectively snuffed out any news about the Garcia case.


Congress has taken an active interest in the Garcia case. Yesterday, Tuesday, the Committee of Justice of the Lower House has subpoenaed several people, including AFP chief of Staff Ricardo David. David failed to attend the hearing.


Was this bomb blast a sign from those who protect Garcia's hide against the administration to "go slow" with the investigation of the former AFP Comptroller?


Second, the bomb blast happened two weeks after the alleged "grumblings" within the AFP. The grumblings, says several sources, were instigated by several people. 


Who is instigating these rumours, and why is Boogie Mendoza again re-surfacing and alleging that the blast is a conspiracy between the rebels and the MILF insurgents? 


Boogie Mendoza, according to this site, was once commissioned by several generals to instigate chaos during a most critical juncture in Philippine history. 


In 1997, when President Ramos was promoting the Charter Change, BOOGIE MENDOZA was commissioned by JOSE T. ALMONTE to frighten the public by planting bombs in Sto. Domingo church and other parts of Metro Manila. He also supervised the burnings of buses in Laguna, Batangas and Quezon by his people who introduced themselves as members of the CPP/NPA.


To learn more about Mendoza, see this link.


Is Mendoza out to sabotage the peace talks?









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