Ampatuan Jr and Mangudadatu are PAWNS

 

I was reading a recent article concerning the Maguindanao Massacre by GMA News and in reading it, I thought of several things. To make it easier for everyone to follow, I will quote segments of the article and write beneath it, what runs in my mind.

 

Aside from killing their 'hostages,' the assailants behind the gruesome massacre in Maguindanao also reportedly sped off with their victims' belongings.

-Courtesy of Supt. Siegfredo Ramos of the ARMM-PRO

My reactions: That’s what real soldiers do. They think, “He’s dead anyway what use are these things to him?” I would have probably done the same. Unless, of course we have a kind and tyrannous leader to teach us to leave the dead with a sense of dignity, I wouldn’t miss the chance of getting a new watch or a few cash from my killings. It’s part of the job’s reward.

 

Fearing that he would lose his life if he tried to file his certificate of candidacy in Shariff Aguak, a known bailiwick of the Ampatuans, Toto Mangudadatu sent his wife Genalyn and two sisters instead, accompanied by two lawyers with the National Union of People's Lawyers and the group of journalists. Their belief was that fellow Muslims would not harm the Mangudadatu women.

 

My reactions: No wonder they were pissed off and ruthlessly killed them. You don’t do that sort of thing. These men are soldiers. What part of the Iraq, the Holocaust, the Afghanistan war have you not seen? What kind of a leader are you, Mangudadatu? You’re too soft. In war, killing women and children are a part of the strategy. Religion has nothing to do with it. This is war! Stop mixing war with religion! Sending your wife and her sisters to Shariff Aguak is a cowardly act no matter how you try to justify it. You should have died, instead.

 

The four survivors reportedly pointed to senior members of the Ampatuan clan as the brains behind the killings, having overheard Andal Ampatuan Jr., allegedly the leader of the armed men, say that he was acting on the orders of his father, Andal Ampatuan Sr., and his older brother, Zaldy Ampatuan, governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

 

My reactions: What kind of an idiot would talk about his father and say his father’s name during a massacre? And after having killed all, why would there still be four survivors? There should only be one. If I were Ampatuan Jr., and I was sent on a mission to kill, I will make sure that I am not seen that they are all dead and to never say anything about the masters behind this killing because that would defeat the purpose. After all, the mission was to kill Mangudadatu, right?

 

At this point, I wonder if Ampatuan is really the culprit and if Mangudadatu really know what he’s doing. Am thinking both are pawns of this incident. Someone else is pulling the strings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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