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    The document summarizes a forum discussing the Mamasapano incident and its impacts. It describes the three speakers at the forum and key points from each of their talks. The first speaker discussed how the real command of the operation came from the US and their involvement in military facilities in the area. The second speaker talked about how war tools become sexualized symbols and how conflicts are issues of imperialism, not gender. The third speaker presented the Moro community's perspective and emphasized that the peace process is now unlikely to continue due to questions around the sincerity of the government raised by the incident.

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    The document summarizes a forum discussing the Mamasapano incident and its impacts. It describes the three speakers at the forum and key points from each of their talks. The first speaker discussed how the real command of the operation came from the US and their involvement in military facilities in the area. The second speaker talked about how war tools become sexualized symbols and how conflicts are issues of imperialism, not gender. The third speaker presented the Moro community's perspective and emphasized that the peace process is now unlikely to continue due to questions around the sincerity of the government raised by the incident.

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    The document summarizes a forum discussing the Mamasapano incident and its impacts. It describes the three speakers at the forum and key points from each of their talks. The first speaker discussed how the real command of the operation came from the US and their involvement in military facilities in the area. The second speaker talked about how war tools become sexualized symbols and how conflicts are issues of imperialism, not gender. The third speaker presented the Moro community's perspective and emphasized that the peace process is now unlikely to continue due to questions around the sincerity of the government raised by the incident.

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    The document summarizes a forum discussing the Mamasapano incident and its impacts. It describes the three speakers at the forum and key points from each of their talks. The first speaker discussed how the real command of the operation came from the US and their involvement in military facilities in the area. The second speaker talked about how war tools become sexualized symbols and how conflicts are issues of imperialism, not gender. The third speaker presented the Moro community's perspective and emphasized that the peace process is now unlikely to continue due to questions around the sincerity of the government raised by the incident.

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    Alyanna Angelina M. Cabral Prof.

    Soriano-Dionisio

    2012-65902 PS 153

    Last March 3, 1-4 pm at the CAS Little Theater, I attended a forum titled
    “Dissecting the Mamasapano incident and the War in Mindanao: Impact of Man-made
    Disasters on Women and Children".

    The first speaker, Prof. Bobby Tuazon, discussed the Mamasapano incident in
    the context of US intervention. The highlight of Prof. Tuazon’s talk was the truth about
    the Mamasapano incident which states that the real command of the Oplan Exodus
    came from the US, as part of its counter-terrorism operations. In fact, US established
    military facilities and deployed American forces in Camp Navarro in Zamboanga with
    the help of the Philippine Government. Lastly, according to him, the bigger victim in this
    incident is the truth and understanding this truth is necessary for finding out who should
    be accountable for this incident.

    The second speaker, Veronica Gregorio, discussed the impacts of war on


    women and children. An interesting highlight of this talk is about how the tools in war
    are sexualized. In this, guns and missiles symbolizes men’s penis while the targets for
    these armaments symbolizes women’s vagina—seeing men as powerful and
    dominating over weak women. This further leads to the feminization of the enemies in
    war. Lastly, she emphasized that the wars today are not an issue of gender or religion,
    but an issue of the whole nation since these are created by US imperialism.

    The last speaker, Haneefa Macapado, presented the Mamasapano incident in


    the perspective of the Moro community. She emphasized that the desire of the Moro
    community to have an autonomous government is not just because of their cultural and
    religious identities, but also of socio-economic reasons. It is also important to highlight
    from her talk that because of the Mamasapano incident, the peace process between
    GPH and MILF is now unlikely to continue since the sincerity of the GPH is now
    questioned by the Moro community. The sincerity of the GPH to the peace process will
    only be proven only if GPH is able to hold President Aquino, Purisima, Napeñas, and
    the US accountable for this Mamasapano incident.

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