U.S. Forces Are Joining In Combat Against Muslim Insurgents In The Philippines: Navy Whistleblower

COMBAT MISSION. A truck full of Marine soldiers passes by a B-300 tank in Ungkaya Pukan in Basilan. American soldiers are reportedly “embedded” among their Filipino counterparts in the antiterrorism fight. CHARLIE SACEDA/INQUIRER MINDANAO

US Troops Joined Combat In Mindanao, Says Navy Whistleblower

American troops stationed in the southern Philippines had been active in combat operations with the Philippine military, the former Navy officer who exposed irregularities in the use of funds for the yearly joint RP-US military exercises said on Wednesday.

Lt. Senior Grade Nancy Gadian, whistleblower on an alleged fund mess in the RP-US Balikatan exercises in 2007, said in a press conference that US soldiers have joined Philippine troops in actual combat against Muslim rebels.

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My Comment: Other Philippine News Agencies are carrying this story. Links are here, and here.

The American and Western media has so far been silent, and there has been no news announcements from the Pentagon.

War News Updates will continually update this story as more information becomes available.

Update from Stars And Stripes .... U.S. special operations troops assisted with Aug. 12 raids in the southern Philippines — and helped treat the injured — but were not directly involved in combat, according to U.S. Embassy officials.