Rumble in Manila

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Starseeker

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Or how the police screwed up big time.

http://topics.cnn.com/topics/philippines

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/08/25/coren.philippines.hostages.cnn

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/philippines.bus.hostages.eyewitness/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/philippines.bus.survivors/index.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100823/wl_asia_afp/philippinescrimehijackhongkong

Eight Hong Kong tourists killed in Philippine bus hijacking

MANILA (AFP) – Philippine security forces stormed a bus packed with Hong Kong tourists to end a dramatic hostage crisis that unfolded live on global television, leaving eight people and the gunman dead.

The day-long ordeal on Monday began when a disgruntled ex-policeman armed with an M-16 assault rifle and dressed in combat pants hijacked the bus in Manila's tourist district in a desperate bid to get his job back.

Negotiations broke down after nightfall when the gunman, former senior police inspector Rolando Mendoza, began shooting and commandos were forced to storm the bus, firing dozens of bullets of their own into the vehicle.

"I shot two Chinese. I will finish them all if they do not stop," Mendoza told a local radio station as the police assault was about to get under way.

Police said a sniper shot Mendoza dead after he used his captives as "human shields" in the final moments of the 12-hour standoff.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino said eight tourists were confirmed killed, while the Red Cross reported another seven were in hospital with unspecified injuries.
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What I really found incredulous is that the gunman watched the police raid live on the TV inside the tour bus..., how many cops, carrying what weapons, where they are going to come in, etc.

And they arrested his brother and his brother's family for being accomplices on live tv! His brother, who is also a cop, was trying to help to talk Mendoza into releasing the hostages.

One of the videos is quite poignant as it shows how the HK people feel about all this, they had people going to Filipino consulate in HK, and promptly told the Filipino president to go to hell.
 
Could be worse. Coulda been the russians.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZThYjiUJ8w

Russian tactics for taking a bus:

1.) Spray with machine gun fire from small arms/APC (Think it's a BTR-80).
B) attach breaching charge to pole
III) Run up along side bus, fling charge inside.
Four) Detonate charge
Funf) Drag out hostages and criminals alike.
6) Probably fire off a couple of rounds in celebration, drink vodka.

You know what's worse than being taken hostage in Russia? Getting rescued by Russian special forces.

But this guy is fucked up. I WANT TO BE A POLICE MAN AGAIN SO I'M GOING TO TAKE PEOPLE HOSTAGE AND KILL THEM.
 
Could be worse. Coulda been the russians.
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Try Russian tactics for taking a theatre ergo pump it full of a lethal dose of carfentanyl and don't even bother bringing enough antagonists to save more than a handful...
 
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