US Troop Movements in Mindanao as Compiled by Initiatives ...



US Troop Movements in Mindanao as Compiled by Initiatives for Peace Mindanao- .ph

|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 |Maguindanao |US troops joined Filipino soldiers in their |”US troops order to shut down hospital revives |

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

| | |ongoing. |unanswered questions,” Wednesday, 02 January |

| | |Residents noted “kite-looking airplanes” being flown by the US troops. |2008, MindaNews. |

| | |“On November 24, evacuees temporarily settled at |Note: Gen. Nehemias Pajarito, then commander of |

| | |Bato-Bato Elementary School on the coastal side of Indanan, just below Sitio Sindang,|Filipino troops involved in the operation, |

| | |saw four American soldiers get down from a military helicopter that landed in the |corroborated the witnesses’ statements but claims|

| | |school ground. They were dressed in seven colors (camouflage) and were armed with a |that the Americans |

| | |‘double body’ (M203 armalite). |were only repairing water pipes as the fighting |

| | |“They were later seen riding a military tank |raged |

| | |accompanying almost a hundred Filipino soldiers marching towards Sitio Sindang.” | |

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

| | |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 | |

|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 |

|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 | |

|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. | |

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