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8/4/2019 National Security Ppt

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NATIONAL SECURITY


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What is Security?

Freedom from worry and apprehension

(Webster dictionary)


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National Security

A state where fundamental rights, privilegesare guaranteed and the blessings of

democracy is enjoyed by the people.

(j.tiglao)


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Reality Bites

A decent roof over the heads food on thetable education these are still some of

the basic aspirations of the majority ofFilipino people


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Reality hurts

majority of Filipinos do not only see, smell,taste, touch and hear poverty. They

breathe it every day.(Gemma Tulud Cruz)


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POVERTY

"How can we sleep soundly at night whenmany of our brothers are going hungry

and our children are being mal-educatedeveryday?"

(Sec. Norberto Gonzales)


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The ROOT

the lack of a clear definition ofgovernance, the weak justice system, agovernment that is perceived to be lacking

in credibility, and the lack of educationalinstitutions that could inculcate values

sympathetic to national security.


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Where are we right now?

A nation struggling to struggle to attain realself independence from the bondage of

poverty, ignorance and eradication ofcorruption who is the ultimate cause of

moral degradation.

(j.tiglao)


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Security Concerns

There are three main armed groups posingCLEAR & PRESENT DANGER to ourcountry.

1. MNLF

2. MILF

3. NPA


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MNLF

The Moro National Liberation Front(MNLF) is a political organization in thePhilippines. It is accredited by the

Organization of the Islamic Conference,which allows it to represent Moros with anobserver status. Currently, the group is

the ruling party of the Autonomous Regionof Muslim Mindanao


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MNLF

Organized by Nur Misuari in the early 1970spurposely for creating an independent"Moro Nation".

To achieve this goal, the group initiatedrebel activities. This led to the IslamicInsurgency in the Philippines.


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BREAK AWAY FACTION

As the hostilities continued, the groupbegan to suffer from internal factionalism.

Disagreements between moderates and

conservatives began to arouse after thereluctance of the MNLF to hold a violentinsurgency.

In 1981, this caused the more conservativeMoro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) tobreak off from the group.


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MILF

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front(MILF) is a Muslim separatist rebel grouplocated in the southern Philippines. The

area where the group is active is calledBangsamoroby the MILF and it covers thesouthern portion of Mindanao, the Sulu

Archipelago, Palawan, Basilan and theneighboring islands.


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MILF

Organized by Salamat Hashim sometime in 1981,due to the MNLF's reluctance to launch aninsurgency against the Philippine governmentforces and movements towards a peaceagreement

The exact size of the MILF is unclear, though itsmilitary wing, the Bangsamoro Islamic ArmedForces, is known to consist of a guerrilla army of12,500 people. The group claimed a peakstrength of almost 90,000 "well-armed" men in1998.


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ASG

TheAbu Sayyaf Group (Arabic: ; Jamyeh Ab Sayyf;ASG),

The name of the group is derived from theArabic , abu("father of") and sayyaf("Swordsmith ").


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ASG

Also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyyais one ofseveral militant Islamist separatist groups based

in and around the southern islands of thePhilippines, in Bangsamoro (Jolo, Basilan, andMindanao)

where for almost 30 years various groups have

been engaged in an insurgency for an Islamicstate, independent of the predominantlyChristian Philippines.


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Terrorism

Since its inception in the early 1990s, the grouphas carried out bombings, assassinations,kidnappings, and extortion in their fight for anindependent Islamic state in western Mindanaoand the Sulu Archipelago with the stated goal ofcreating a pan-Islamic superstate acrosssoutheast Asia, spanning from east to west; theisland of Mindanao, the Sulu Archipelago, the

island of Borneo (Malaysia, Indonesia), theSouth China Sea, and the Malay Peninsula(Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar)


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Small but DANGEROUS

The Abu Sayyaf is the one of the smallest butstrongest of the Islamic separatist groups inMindanao.

Some members have allegedly studied or workedin Saudi Arabia and developed ties tomujahideen(jihad warriors) while fighting andtraining in the war against the Soviet invasion of

Afghanistan.

The military estimates the group now has less than400 militants, down from a peak of about 1,200in 2002.


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Funding

Abu Sayyaf obtains most of its financing throughransom and extortion; one report estimated itsrevenues from ransom payments in 2000 alonebetween $10 and $25 million.

The group was originally not thought to receivefunding from any group, but intelligence reportsfrom the United States, Indonesia, and Australiahave found intermittent ties to the IndonesianJemaah Islamiyah terrorist group.

The Philippine government considers the AbuSayyaf to be allied with Jemaah Islamiyah.


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Abu Sayyaf an enduring threatin Philippines

MANILA, April 13, 2010 (AFP) - The Al Qaeda-linked

Abu Sayyaf group remains capable of causingchaos in the southern Philippines despite the USmilitary's involvement in a nearly decade-long

campaign to extinguish it


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NPA

The New People's Army (NPA), is a paramilitarygroup fighting for communist revolution in thePhilippines. It was formed on March 29, 1969.

The Maoist NPA fights a "protracted people's war"as the military wing of the Communist Party ofthe Philippines (CPP).

The NPA is classified as a terrorism|terrorist

organization by the US and the EU


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Their Mission

The NPA follows Maoism, claiming to fight for thatideology's concept of "New Democracy" Startingout with 60 fighters and 34 rifles, the NPAquickly spread throughout the Philippine Islandsduring the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.

After the declaration of Martial Law in 1972,

thousands of students came into the ranks.


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Their Targets

The NPA operates mostly in the rural areas.The NPA's targets often include politicians,military, police, criminals, landlords,

business owners and occasionally U.S.agents in the Philippines.

It is not uncommon for elements of the NPAto collect "revolutionary taxes" from smallbusinesses and aspiring politicians in theirarea.


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Renewed Threat

In its anniversary statement, the CPPs CentralCommittee said the NPA has been the largestrevolutionary army ever built in the Philippines.

Contrary to militarys claims, the CPP statementsaid the NPA is stronger now than in the 1980s,in both political and military terms. The CPP saidthat it has 120 to 130 guerrilla fronts operatingin 70 provinces, more than 800 municipalities

and more than 10,000 barangays. It also urgedits members to increase the number of guerillafronts to 168.


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Call for Revolution

The Central Committee called on its

forces to bring the new democraticrevolution to a new and higher levelof development.


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Why All These THREATS Exist?

Because, politicians have failed in theirduty to lead the country to progress.

Because, politics is supposed to be aboutgiving direction, defining a better future,and planning how we will reach thatfuture.

Our so-called political leaders are notproviding direction to the nation. (Sec.Gonzales)


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WORST

The concerns of our politicians are not thecommon good, but their personal

ambitions.(Sec. Gonzales)


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Philippine Information Agency

Butuan City (8 February 2008) -- POLITICS,not terror or extremist groups, is thebiggest threat to national security,

according to National Security AdviserNorberto Gonzales


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CALL FOR ACTION

"We have to assess the kind of politics wehave today. If we are to move as a nation,we should start defining where we want to

go,"

(Sec. Gonzales)


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Understanding the Problem

Insurgency is a psychological war,

The greater part of this war does not usebullets. The enemy can do a number of

things to inflict harm on the people and to

the countrys democratic systemMajor General Jovito S Palparan Jr


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Where the battle begins

Both the government and the insurgentsconsider the barangay as the frontline of

the ongoing insurgency


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Where poverty exist

The living conditions are worse in someareas of the countryside where even basicsocial services like electricity are

nonexistent. In certain places whereeducation is a privilege rather than a right,it means literally crossing rivers and

mountains just to get to a dilapidatedschool building.


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THE TRUTH

The prevalence of poverty makes it very easy forthe terrorist group Abu Sayyaff to lure andrecruit poor, out-of-school youths to join them intheir nefarious activities by promising easy

money and a better life. In Mindanao, this same gripping poverty fuels

the fight of our Muslim brothers and sisters foran independent Muslim Mindanao republic.

The feelings of revulsion and the consequentfight against devastating poverty has ignitedother revolutionary armed struggles, such as theones led by the left-leaning New People's Army


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The Challenge is

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