Militants claim Noy carrier visit prelude to permanent US base By Mario J. Mallari 05/16/2011

Militants claim Noy carrier visit prelude to permanent US base

By Mario J. Mallari 05/16/2011

Militant groups are up in arms over the unscheduled visit of President Aquino and members of his staff to the US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, calling it a shameless display of US subservience and part of efforts to convince the government leadership to allow the reestablishment of a permanent military facility at Subic Bay.

Some call the carrier Osama bin Laden’s hearse as it carried the remains of the al-Qaeda leader before being thrown at sea.

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounced Aquino’s visit to the carrier as a “shameless display of master-puppet relationship.” Aquino was flown by a US military aircraft to international waters for an unscheduled and unannounced rendezvous to board the USS Carl Vinson. The USS Carl Vinson is one of four carriers scheduled to dock at the Manila port for four days starting yesterday..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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