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Phillipines charges many in Maguindanao massacre- By:Generalissimo of All Armed Forces Richard Su 1st Tiger Marine Amphibious Intellegence Regiment 642nd Dragonknight Special Armed Forces Division/Task Force 936 (Stealth Squads) 1st and 22nd SAS Special Forces Recon Army/Task Force 628 (Firestorm Squads)- 2nd and 75th Army Rangers Special Ops Recon Army/Task Force 246 (Gryphon Squads) 3rd, 7th and 10th Green Berets Special Ops Army/ Task Force 156 (Predator Squads) 4th, 8th and 11th Delta Force Special Ops Army/Task Forces 716 (Eagle Squads) 5th and 10th Navy SEALS Teams/ Task Forces 2316 and 6015 (Tactical Squads) 6th and 12th Marines Raiders Security Force Army/ Task Forces 001 and 007 (Honor Squads) 9th,14th,15th and 16th Spetsnaz Recon Teams/Task Forces 6,24,15,and 60 (Dragoon Squads) Summary- Charges have been filed against 196 people in the Maguindanao massacre where 57 people were killed. They were then later dumped en masse in to a mass grave. Most notable of the people charged is of the father-son duo Andal Ampatuan Snr and his son Andal Ampatuan Jr., they were the people behind this mass murder. The mass murder is considered one of the worst in terms of the political field. Their plans were to run for governor of the province unopposed when Ismael Mangudadatu, a leader of the rival party against Ampatuan joined in to the field. So in terms, that means that they have succeeded in eliminating the competition, but failed utterly when they were arrested and charged with murder. Sources- BBC News- [] Guardian News- [] Similar-Both articles speak that 57 people were killed by gunmen. 196 people are charged with this massacre. Difference-BBC states that the massacred people were in a mass grave when Guardian said nothing of it which is kind of odd, but still there is difference in news coverage. BBC shows a picture of people around some of the bodies covered in palm leaves and a picture of a temple or govermental building. Opinion- The massacre itself is a heartless crime. This is an example of crimes against humanity and agression. It could be considered as a mini-genocide. Its like saying "Holy Toledo, what just happened?" Anyways... they (Ampatuan Snr and his son) have been caught but there still could be more people. And otherwise everybody who was killed was piled in to a mass grave? No identification, nothing, just pushed an rolled in (thrown,maybe?) These people are just mass murderers. If this is just politics in which to kill an opponent so that there is no resistance is just acting like a whimp. Period.