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US Troop Movements in Mindanao

|When |Where |Type of Mission |Data |

|June 2002 |Basilan |US troops fire with Abu Sayyaf members. US Army was guarding Philippine Marines |LA Times |

|July 2002 |Tuburan, Sulu |US soldier Reggie Lane accompanies AFP troops in raiding the house of Buyang buyang |Juraida, victim’s wife as initially reported by |

| | |Isnijal, |the International Solidarity Mission 2002 (ISM) |

| | |shooting him in the leg. Isnijal was arrested and accused of being an Abu Sayyaf |and |

| | |member |subsequent other sources |

|May 2004 |Brgy. Sipangkot, Umapoy island, |Raid on a suspected Abu Sayyaf hideout by local military and police forces, |Bayan Muna Partylist |

| |Tawi-Tawi |accompanied by four (4) US soldiers, which resulted in the death of three civilians.| |

| | | | |

|Nov 2004 |Butilan Marsh, Maguindanao |US military intelligence guided the Philippine army to bomb Butilan Marsh, killing |Astrid S. Tuminez; “The Past is Always Present: |

| | |unknown number of |The Moros of Mindanao and the Quest for Peace,” |

| | |civilians and MILF fighters |May 2008 |

|Jan 2005 |Butilan Marsh, Maguindanao |US military intelligence guided the Philippine army to bomb Butilan Marsh, killing |Astrid S. Tuminez; “The Past is Always Present: |

| | |unknown number of |The Moros of Mindanao and the Quest for Peace,” |

| | |civilians and MILF fighters |May 2008 |

|April 2005 |Talayan, Maguindanao |US UAV spotted flying at night by residents prior to fighting between MILF fighters |Report from —the website of the MILF |

| | |and the AFP. | |

| | |Among the reported casualties were 2 US soldiers who were brought to the hospital in | |

| | |GSantos after the fighting ceased. | |

|April 2005 |Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat |US UAV crashed and put under “protective custody” of US military officials. |Report from —the website of the MILF; |

| | | |interviews with residents by Out Now! – |

| | | |SOCSKSARGEN |

| | | |corroborated the data |

|April 2005 |Maguindanao |US troops joined Filipino soldiers in their |Local residents as reported by Herbert Docena, |

| | |operations against alleged Abu Sayyaf |”US troops order to shut down hospital revives |

| | | |unanswered |

| | | |questions,” Wednesday, 02 January 2008, MindaNews|

|June 2005 |Butilan Marsh, Maguindanao |US military intelligence guided the Philippine army |Astrid S. Tuminez; “The Past is Always Present’ |

| | |to bomb Butilan Marsh, killing unknown numb civilians and MILF fighters | |

|Nov 23-25 2005 |Various sitios of Indanan, Sulu |US soldiers stationed in an area where hostilities between the MNLF and AFP were |Accounts of residents to Timogen Tulawie, |

| | |ongoing. |Municipal Councilor, as reported by Suara |

| | |Residents noted “kite-looking airplanes” being flown by the US troops. |Bangsamoro & |

| | |“On November 24, evacuees temporarily settled at |Herbert Docena, ”US troops order to shut down |

| | |Bato-Bato Elementary School on the coastal side of Indanan, just below Sitio Sindang,|hospital |

| | |saw four |revives unanswered questions,” Wednesday, 02 |

| | |American soldiers get down from a military helicopter that landed in the school |January 2008, MindaNews. |

| | |ground. They |Note: Gen. Nehemias Pajarito, then commander of |

| | |were dressed in seven colors (camouflage) and were armed with a ‘double body’ (M203 |Filipino troops involved in the operation, |

| | |armalite). |corroborated the witnesses’ statements but claims|

| | |“They were later seen riding a military tank |that the Americans |

| | |accompanying almost a hundred Filipino soldiers marching towards Sitio Sindang.” |were only repairing water pipes as the fighting |

| | |Another account: They were spotted together with |raged |

| | |Filipino soldiers aboard trucks and Hummers or | |

| | |aboard rubber boats, mounting heavy artillery, operating military equipment, and | |

| | |removing landmines. | |

|Feb 10 2006 |Brgy. Marang, Indanan, |A US unmanned aerial vehicle was found by a farmer near the camp of the MNLF. |Sulu Kawagib Moro Human Rights Organization |

|,Nov 2007 |Nuangan, Kidapawan, North |Two US soldiers accompanied PNP personnel through an inspection of fertilizer |Affidavit of Brgy. Kagawad Melencio Lambac |

| |Cotabato |suspected of | |

| | |being material used in the manufacture of a bomb which had exploded earlier in said | |

| | |place | |

|Dec 2007 |Bohe Suyak and Silangkom villages |Dynacorp (defense contractor) helicopter carrying supplies for US troops was attacked|“US helicopter fired on while flying over |

| |in Unkaya Pukan and Tipo-Tipo, |in towns near |Basilan; one injured,” Manila Times, December 19,|

| |Basilan |the location of a camp of the Moro Islamic Liberation Camp, and the site of a |2007. |

| | |Philippine | |

| | |military offensive against the Abu Sayyaf. | |

|Feb 2008 |Ipil, Sulu |Abu Sayyf Raid- military killed 8 civilians after getting information from a US P-3 |Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2008s |

| | |Orion Spy Plane. Four (4) US military personnel seen aboard military ship where | |

| | |victims’ bodies were taken after | |

| | |the incident. | |

|Mar 2008 |Cagayan de Oro |Docking of the USS Vandergrift |Sunstar Davao |

|Mar 2008 |Cotabato |Docking of the USS Vandergrift |Sunstar Davao |

|Mar 2008 |Docking of the USS Vandergrift |Docking of the USS Vandergrift |Sunstar Davao |

|April 2008 |Brgy. Ngan, Compostela Valley |Four (4) US soldiers seen providing technical |Statement of Merardo Arce Command – New Peoples |

| | |assistance during AFP offensives against the NPA. “They were seen by ... in the |Army; 09 May 2008 |

| | |tactical command | |

| | |post of the Scout Rangers and 1003rd Brigade-AFP in Sitio Spar Dos. Clearly providing| |

| | |technical | |

| | |intelligence to the AFP combat maneuvers, the American operatives used satellite | |

| | |discs, laptop | |

| | |computers, scanners and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).” | |

| | | | |

|Aug 2008 |Basilan |One US helicopter seen evacuating Pinoy troop |Philippine Enquirer, August 15 |

|Aug 2008 |Midsayap, N. Cotabato |Four US soldiers recovering unexploded bombs |Mindanews, “US Troops join search for unexploded |

| | | |bombs in conflict area.” |

|Aug 2008 |Patikul, Sulu |US soldier was reported among those with a Philippine military convoy that was |US soldier safe in |

| | |attacked; |Abu attack in Sulu,” Sept 2, 2008, Philippine |

| | |later his presence in the ambush was denied by US officials |Daily Inquirer |

| | |US military helicopters were used to transport wounded Philippine soldiers | |

|Sept 2008 |Lanao Provinces |Posters calling on citizens to report “terrorists” to the US Anti-Terror Rewards |US Troops Out Now! Coalition – Lanao Copy of |

| | |Hotline are posted in |poster |

| | |areas were there are ongoing offensives against the MILF | |

|Sept 6 2008 |Brgy. Tee, Datu Piang, Maguindanao |US soldiers present in area where ongoing AFP offensives against the MILF are taking |Jeoffrey Maitem, Cotabato correspondent |

| | |place and |Philippine Daily Inquirer; |

| | |six civilians were killed in indiscriminate air strikes | |

|Sept 11 2008 |Munai, Lanao del Norte |Six (6) US soldiers were spotted in area where AFP offensives against the MILF are |Accounts of the residents as reported to a |

| | |ongoing. |volunteers of US Troops Out Now - Lanao |

|Oct 2008 |Zamboanga City |300 US troops are encamped in a portion of the AFP Western Mindanao Command's |November 2008 Editoral, PWRC |

| | |(Westmincom) Camp Navarro | |

|Oct 2008 | |"The way I tell people at home, is, 'Have you ever heard of terrorist groups coming |In Philippines, U.S. Wages Quieter Kind of War on|

| | |from the Philippines? No? That's because we're doing our jobs,' " said a U.S. Army |Terror, |

| | |Special Forces officer on Jolo. Under military ground rules, only American commanders|Sunday, October 26 |

| | |here can be identified by name. | |

| | |U.S. soldiers here are barred from combat, except in self-defense. They maintain a | |

| | |low profile by operating from inside Filipino military bases. During August's | |

| | |clashes, they were confined to their enclaves at the request of the Manila | |

| | |government, to avoid any perception that Americans were involved in the fighting | |

| | |which could be a propaganda coup for the insurgents. | |

| | |Said one soldier with long experience in the Philippines: "This is a 50- (to) | |

| | |100-year mission." He referred to how long it might take to reshape Mindanao, not to | |

| | |the potential tenure of U.S. troops here. | |

|Nov 2008 |municipality of Poona Piagapo, |US Military camp under construction. Area was the site of Camp Bilal which Abdullah |Mindanao Examiner, November 22, 2008 |

| |Lanao del Norte |Macapaar, a notorious commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation, had previously | |

| | |controlled. | |

|Nov 2008 |Maguindanao |Philippine Muslim rebels shot down a US spy drone flying inside their territory in |“US Spy Plane Shot down by Rebels.” Mindanews, |

| | |the restive region of Mindanao, where American forces are aiding local troops in |November 14 2008, |

| | |fighting insurgencies. | |

|Nov 2008 |Jolo, Sulu |American troops traveling in a Philippine Army convoy came under fire from suspected |Abu Sayyaf attacks American troops in Sulu, |

| | |Abu Sayyaf bandits in Jolo, the capital town of Sulu province, the US Embassy |Sunstar online. November 19, 2008 |

| | |reported Thursday. Philippine marines and police said the convoy of military vehicles| |

| | |was on its way to inspect an infrastructure project in Indanan town Tuesday when six | |

| | |alleged members of the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group opened fire. | |

Priority Mining Projects in Mindanao (Exploration)

|Where |Name |Company |Nationality |

|Compostela Valley |Batoto Gold Project |Cadan |Canadian |

| |Manat Copper-Gold Project (in Maco |Indolphi/Xstrata |Australian/London Stock Exchange |

| |and Maragusan) | | |

| |Panang Mining Project (Gold) (in |Philco/ Sur American |American |

| |New Bataan) |Corporation | |

| |Tagpura Copper Project (in New |Philco/ Sur American |American |

| |Bataan) |Corporation | |

| |Boringot Gold Project |King Eagle Exploration and |Philippine |

| |(in Pantukan) |Mining Corporation | |

| |Amacan North Davao Copper Project |Privitzation Office |Government |

| |(in Maco and Mabini) | | |

|Surigao del Norte |Mabuhay Gold Project |Pelican Resources Int’l |American |

| |Paco Copper-Gold Project |Philex/Angloamerican |American |

|Davao Oriental |Road 5 Gold Project |Boston Mineral Mining |Philippine |

| | |Corporation | |

| |Banawan Limestone Project |Solid North Corporation | |

Priority Mining Projects in Mindanao (Development)

|Where |Name |Company |Nationality |

|Surigao del Norte |Adlay Cagdianao-Tandawa Nickel (July 2007) |QNI/BHP Billiton, Australia |Australia |

| |Siana Gold Project (Jan. 2006) |Pacific Nickel | |

| |Boyongan Copper |Philex & Anglo American, UK |UK/American |

| |Nonoc Nickel |JCG Resources & Red V Australia |Australian |

|Compostela Valley |King king Copper-gold |Benguet Corporation |Philippine |

| |Amacan Copper-gold |North Davao Mining Corp |Philippine |

| |Diwalwal Direct State Utilization Project |NRDC-NRDMC |Government |

|Davao Oriental |Pujada Nickel |Blueridge, St. Patrick, PL Goodman & | |

| | |Hopewell Mining Corporation | |

|South Cotabato |Tampakan Copper Project (2009) |Sagittarius Mines & Indophil Resources, |Australia |

| | |Australia | |

|Zamboanga del Norte |Canatuan Gold (2003) |TVI of Canada |Canadian |

Non-mineral US Interests in Mindanao

|Where |Company Name |Stage of Production |AMERICAN |

|Sulu |Exxon-Mobil |Exploration; drilling of wells | |

| | |may start mid-2009 | |

|Polomolok |DoleFil |Production | |

|Southern Mindanao |Kraft Foods |“charitable” programs to | |

| | |introduce their products to | |

| | |Mindanao | |

|All over Mindanao |Mead Johnson/Bristol Myers |“milk-feeding” program and other|Go to website |

| |Squibb |“charitable” programs to | |

| | |introduce their products to | |

| | |Mindanao | |

|Northern Mindanao |Cargill |Seed distribution | |

|Davao City, Cagayan de Oro |Citibank Savings |Open for business | |

|Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro |Del Monte |Production | |

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