Purisima allegedly directed the Special Action Force (SAF) operation, supervised on the ground by then SAF Director Getulio Napeñas, against Malaysian bomb maker Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan. It was [Aquino’s] failure of judgment that he put himself in that position,” security analyst Ashley Acedillo told the Inquirer. “As to the carnage, it was squarely on Napeñas who refused to coordinate and even blinded those who should have known [about the operation],” Acedillo said. MisinformationFor Cabalza, Aquino had taken all the blame “when in fact, it was his people who bungled the operation.”“Look at the context as well. But like Acedillo, Cabalza said it was apparent that Purisima “wanted to redeem himself” through the Marwan operation.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 17, 2017 21:11 UTC