Error Operator: justifying the war against terror

Posted by karlom87 on August 4, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Yesterday, Yvonne T. Chua and Luz Rimban of the Inquirer reported that a wrong radio frequency was given to the marines fighting in the July 10 ambush in Basilan. This prevented communication between the troops and the helicopter reinforcement, leading to the brutal beheading of 10 soldiers.

Moreover, aside from the well-documented dud mortar ammunitions which didn’t fire during the encounter, it was found out that only six rounds of 105 howitzers were fired during the firefight since, as one of the soldiers told Inquirer, “it was the ceasfire committee who ordered them not to fire because they were engaging friendly forces the MILF).”

Sounds very incredible? Well, the military just admitted this radio error incident in today’s Inquirer front page. Now, is this merely a case of “pure incompentence” as the Inquirer’s source in the Western Mindanao Command suggests? Or is there another sinister force at work here?

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