Cables Note US-Supported Atrocities in Philippines
by John Glaser,
September 03, 2011
The government of the Philippines is one of the biggest recipients of US military aid in all of Asia, despite recently hosting one of the worst waves of human rights violations in its history. Numerous embassy cables released by WikiLeaks acknowledge systematic extrajudicial killings, abduction, and false arrests perpetrated by the US-supported security forces. While there were strong statements of concern to address the killings of activists and journalists, the US continued to provide economic and military support.
Read the whole story by natoreyes from WikiLeaks Central.
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JLS
September 4th, 2011 at 6:23 am
And people who want to end foreign aid are the radical ones?
MoT
September 4th, 2011 at 6:31 am
Much like the "aid" we gave to Indonesia even while they were killing their own or invading East Timor.
emistruth
September 4th, 2011 at 7:38 am
As long as no one kills American journalists it's business as usual.
John_Muhammad
September 4th, 2011 at 7:57 am
Aim High, Olongapo!
Subic Bay Naval Base, RIP.
pendulum
September 4th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
supported? actively?
jsinton
February 29th, 2012 at 6:31 am
Right. Shouldn't be a presumption of fair and balanced, as they say.