After all Marcos was the most corrupt and brutal dictator that ever ruled the Philipines. He was a terrorist who used to send death sqauds to assasinate his opponents, and terrorise others…
Powerful Blast Blows Up Marcos Bust in Philippines
The biggest statue that late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos built to immortalize himself was blown up on Sunday. Police Superintendent Elpidio Gabriel said no one was hurt in the explosion that occurred around 1:40 a.m. in a remote area of Benguet province, about 124 miles north of Manila. It was not immediately clear who was behind the explosion, but suspects included left-wing rebels, tribal activists and even treasure hunters, officials said.“Since there were no injuries as a result of the bombing, the probable charge would be malicious mischief resulting to damage to public property,” said Tuba police official Rasildo Acosta. “We picked up some wires on the site, but we are not bomb experts so we submitted it as part of evidence,” he added.
The explosion, which residents said sounded like a car collision, blew away the eyes, the nose and part of the ears of the former dictator’s bust, which overlooked a major highway crossing on the main Philippine island of Luzon. It was located close to Ilocos Norte, Marcos’ home province. Part of his lips and the base of the 33-foot bust were still intact, witnesses said. Numerous attempts have been made in the past to destroy the bust. “I am very sad, because this was the loving offering of Ilocanos, a symbol of their loyalty and support of Ferdinand Marcos,” Imelda Marcos, his wife, said in a statement upon hearing the news. The construction of the bust, which started in the mid-1980s along with plans to develop a golf course there, was never finished as Marcos was ousted from power in 1986. After Marcos fled his country, tribesmen displaced by the project slaughtered a water buffalo and bathed the statue with its blood to “exorcise” his spirit.
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After all Marcos was the most corrupt and brutal dictator that ever ruled the Philipines. He was a terrorist who used to send death sqauds to assasinate his opponents, and terrorise others...
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Malik, correct me if im wrong, didnt the US govt. give this guy cheerleading support and latter gave him refuge in Hawaii where he eventually died?
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Malik, correct me if im wrong, didnt the US govt. give this guy cheerleading support and latter gave him refuge in Hawaii where he eventually died?
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True, and just about every US administration has always been more than happy to support governments that hold moral values like those of Marcos, rather than granting such support to opposition groups that wish to establish transparent, accountable government.
Ferdinand Marcos ranks alongside the likes of Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein in his crimes against his people, and the general loot and plunder of the Philipines. Estimates of the amount he looted from the Philipines exchequer range from $10 to 30 billion - does anyone remember the 300 pairs of shoes that were discovered belonging to his wife Imelda? But he was most notorious for having imposed martial law in 1972, and then ruling the Philipines through brutal military diktats, employing death sqauds to hunt down and kill any opponents. But eventually the people power of the Filipino people resulted in a regime change and the overthrow of this monster.
But like the murderous Duvaliers of Haiti, and that butcher the Shah of Iran the United States gave sanctaury to Marcos, the genocidal murderer.
