Group to probe of Marines’ lapses on assault vs Abu Sayyaf
By Mario J. Mallari 08/02/2011An independent, no-nonsense investigation, not by the leadership of the Philippine Marine Corps, was urged in connection with last Thursday’s “debacle” during an assault against an Abu Sayyaf lair in Sulu province that ended in the killing of seven Marine troops, five of them beheaded.
A ranking military official, who requested anonymity, told The Tribune that an independent probe of the incident is necessary to finally put an end to similar setbacks in the future as he stressed there were obvious lapses during the operation.
“These debacles have been happening again and again to the Marines and they seemed to have not learned their lesson,” said the official, who is a veteran in major combat operations against enemies of the state, especially the communist insurgents.
“There should be an independent (probe) body and not the marines who should conduct the inquiry to ensure an honest and objective investigation on what really happened,” the official added..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110802nat1.html
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