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ANNOUNCEMENT: Citizens' Peace Watch Fact-Finding Mission to Zamboanga City and Sulu Report Available PDF Print E-mail
The final report of the Citizens' Peace Watch Fact-Finding Mission to Zamboanga City and Sulu last February 18-21, 2008 is now out and can be downloaded in PDF form from: http://www.focusweb.org/philippines/docs/CPWReport.pdf

The Citizens' Peace Watch is an independent initiative of concerned citizens brought together to continuously report on US military presence and intervention in the country.

This report hopes to be a resource for policy-makers, journalists, academics, social movements and civil society organizations.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Citizens’ Peace Watch fact-finding mission to Zamboanga City and Sulu from February 18-21 found proof reinforcing concerns that
  • the US has established military basing in the Philippines
  • the US is involved in actual combat operations in the country
  • the US military has, in complicity with the Philippine military, committed human rights violations in the Philippines
  • the US is conducting operations outside the control of the Philippine government and military
  • the US military’s so-called humanitarian projects are mere cover for military operations that do not benefit the local population
  • US basing and intervention in the country is contributing to insecurity and leading to an escalation in conflict
In light of the constitutional violations and actual danger to lives and human rights,  the Citizens’ Peace Watch

* challenges our elected representatives to take the initiative to demand and conduct Congressional and Senate inquiries into the issue
* demands the suspension of US military deployment to the Philippines, specifically the stationing of the Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines as well as the military exercises, pending fair and independent review of and investigations on their presence and intervention
 
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