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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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Return Our Rapist or Else ...
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Washington must have known that if President Arroyo overruled the court that decided the marine rapist should stay in national custody during appeal proceedings she would instantly be dubbed a US puppet. Propaganda ammunition would be handed to her political opponents as well as the terrorist bands fighting against her government. But if she told Washington that custody of the marine rapist is entirely a judicial matter, she and her country would continue to be punished. Whatever she did she would lose credibility and trust among her own people, courtesy of US arrogance.
So nobody can be surprised that on December 29 President Arroyo gave in to Washington's pressure and permitted the rapist Marine to be moved to the US embassy, thereby proving that intimidation works. (Are there prison cells in the US embassy in Manila?)
It is little wonder that the US is so detested and despised internationally, because this squalid incident in the Philippines is only one example of the insolent arrogance which Bush has developed into an obscene art form in the past few years. The instinctive reaction of the Bush Bunker has once again contributed to increasing the scorn and hatred with which America is regarded worldwide.
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stevemcgarrett
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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Big Bird:
Your source is typical left-wing rag print journalism. Not surprising given your stance on other issues involving the U.S.
Apparently, it is people like YOU who don't believe it is necessary to honor agreements as forthwith:
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| A Philippines court has rejected the US government's bid for temporary custody of a marine jailed for 40 years for raping a local woman, officials said. Lance Corporal Daniel Smith has been held at a Manila jail since the verdict was handed down on December 4. Three other US marines were acquitted in the case. The US embassy has argued the detention violates a treaty that calls for it to be granted custody of military personnel accused or convicted of violating Philippine laws until the detainee has exhausted all legal appeals. Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said Manila was in consultations with the US embassy regarding the Philippine court's custody ruling. "It will have to be elevated to the highest court, maybe to the Court of Appeals," he said. He said the Philippine government would support the US embassy if it launched an appeal against the ruling. Gonzalez said the visiting forces agreement with Washington clearly states that "custody remains with the US until the end of the judicial proceeding," which he said includes the appeals process. |
--from Reuters via Canada Yahoo (Dec. 13, 2006)
The protestors are mostly leftists, even Communists, who always come out of the woodwork whenever any mention is made of an American military transgression and will milk this for all its worth:
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| However the Philippine Court of Appeals on Wednesday issued a ruling upholding the legality of the transfer of Smith, saying that the US marine could be held "in the US embassy or in any other place within the Philippine territory." Leftist groups accused President Gloria Arroyo of a sellout and have filed contempt suits against five senior Arroyo aides. |
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Arroyo has sought her countrymen's understanding over the controversy, insisting on Tuesday that the transfer did not violate any law and was done to prevent the further deterioration of bilateral ties with Washington, Manila's main military ally.
Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno said Wednesday the transfer was in keeping with the provisions of the 1999 Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) on the legal status of US forces taking part in annual military exercises in the Philippines.
The treaty states that one party may seek temporary custody of the foreign soldier before all legal processes are completed, which Puno said meant until the appeals process has been completed.
"We cannot treat our international agreements conditionally," Puno told ABS-CBN television in an interview. |
-Canada Yahoo, Jan. 3. 2007 |
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