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Topic: Mutiny casts light on crisis in Phillipines
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meades
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posted 29 July 2003 11:52 PM
quote: But the real damage could come from the explosive allegations made by the mutineers that the government and senior military officers made hand-in-glove deals with Muslim rebels, staged bombings to make them look like guerrilla attacks and were setting the stage for martial law to avoid elections due by May 2004.
*gasp!* quote: Mrs Arroyo, who insists she will not run in next year's election, has pledged to get to the heart of the grievances that sparked the mutiny - as she alludes to behind-the-scenes manipulations by some of her political opponents.
ohh! quote: "The military was the one that, in the end, forced Estrada out by saying: 'We're not going to obey you anymore'," Mr Rocamora said. "If you come in as president under those conditions then somewhere in the back of your mind - or in front - you must worry that maybe they'll do to me what they did to Estrada."
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