Explosion at Glorietta?

[claRkEnt]

if this was an extremist act, in less than 24 hours, they would have claimed responsibility already...but until now, nobody have come out yet.

[Chip]

Eto talaga ok sa pilipinas, kahit anong mangyari, presidente ang sinisisi hehehe

[drayver]

LPG?? Lakas Pasabog Gloria..
LPG?? Lacson Pimentel Gringgo

[ghosthunter]

Here are some pictures of: Glorietta Bombing: the Day After

(uzisero ako sa makati!)

[ghosthunter]

Here are some more pictures of: Glorietta Bombing: the Day After

(uzisero ako sa makati!)

[niky]

If it's the extremists, they're being extremely silent about it. They usually claim credit for the bombings right away.

This is very disturbing... it could be a prelude to martial law, as some are claiming... OR... it could be planted by some of the opponents of the current administration in order to make it seem like this is happening.

[ghosthunter]

There are some rumors I have heard. It mentioned the next target would be Market Market and/or SM Mall of Asia.

But given it is already nearly 24 hours since the bombing and no one yet has claimed responsibility, I am thinking it might be a plot to simply create chaos (khaos?!?) in the civilian population and push certain "anti-terrorism" bills into law quickly. This might include certain wire-tapping bills.

[BoEinG_747]

Ganyan talaga mga politicians dito satin. Laging si GMA.
Bakit hindi natin i-open ang idea na Magdalo na naman to.

naalala ko si Rep.Crispin Beltran..ng nabangga ang sinasakyan niya Hi ACE ang kabanggaan ay isang everest sa Intramuros
pakana daw ni GMA iyon

[Zeus]

Ito ang comment ni Tulfo:

"If memory serves, the situation now is comparable to weeks preceding Marcos’ declaration of martial law on Sept. 11, 1972.
I was a reporter for a radio-TV news network then. My fellow field reporters and I were kept busy covering bombings in Metro Manila.
Then, not unexpectedly, Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law purportedly to save the republic from the communists and the rightists.
Is history repeating itself now?
* * *
Was the bombing at Glorietta the handiwork of enemies of the state or the government?
President Gloria, like President Marcos then, has painted herself into a corner.
Her present predicament is of her own doing, what with the “Hello Garci” scandal, the ZTE-NBN scandal and the mass bribery of congressmen and local officials in Malacañang.
There is no way for her, as there was no way for Marcos then, but to declare a state of emergency to keep herself in power. Marcos stayed in power for many years.
Like Marcos, GMA might blame the leftists and the rightists for the current trouble when it was she who created it in the first place.
* * *
But if ever GMA plans to do another Marcos in the current situation, she will fail.
FM held the military by the neck. The military holds GMA by the neck.
Most people at the time had an ambivalent attitude toward Marcos. Although many people distrusted him, still an equal number believed he was sincere in solving the country’s problems.
On the other hand, most people so distrust President Gloria they want her to resign.
* * *
The only honorable way out for GMA at this time is to resign.
Ma’am, you can’t rely on your military to support you when the enraged citizenry finally comes knocking at the Palace gates.
Maj. Gen. Ben Dolorfino, commandant of the Philippine Marine Corps, can’t defend you since he himself is in danger of being thrown out by his own men.
A Muslim convert, Dolorfino got the ire of his men when he ordered a stop to the probe into the ambush, massacre and mutilation of 12 Marines in Basilan by Moros.
The perception, rightly or wrongly, is that Dolorfino is sympathetic toward Moro rebels and outlaws, like the Abu Sayyaf.
You can’t rely on your Armed Forces chief of staff, Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. either, because he’s also very unpopular with the troops.
My sources in the military say they dislike Esperon for his shabby treatment of two very popular generals—Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda of the Marines, and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim of the Rangers—and the much-loved lower-ranking officers now in jail for their alleged part in an attempted coup two years ago.
The officers are being held incommunicado.
Miranda and Lim are no firebrands like then Col. Gregorio Honasan who wanted the removal of then President Cory Aquino and her replacement by a military junta.
Miranda and Lim just want reforms in the Armed Forces, as well as in the civilian government. All they want is a corruption-free government.
Their supporters in the military and among civilians are countless. They’re just waiting for the right time to express their sentiments."

By Ramon Tulfo
Inquirer

[jonski]

Well C-4 yung ginamit and sino ang mga experts dyan? I remember na dinala iyan ng mga Magdalo sa Oakwood. I interesting that among the first public personalities to make a public statement is Trillanes.