THE Trojan horse was a huge wooden horse which the Greeks had apparently abandoned. They tricked the Trojans by making them believe that they left already. The Trojans hauled the huge wooden horse inside their walls (despite the warnings of Cassandra and Laocoon). The wooden horse was full of Greek soldiers who, once inside, were able to sack the city.
That was the legend.
The Trojan horse trick is being used by government troops and anti-government forces to outdo each other. This could be part folk tale but the members of the “La Mesa de la Libertad” in my favorite coffee shop in Silay believe that the anti-terrorism and the anti-insurgency war of the government is making use of the “Trojan horse tactic” to cripple the miscreants.
We may not be aware but the government is making use of a “parlementaire,” an agent or person sent behind enemy lines to communicate or negotiate openly with the enemy commander. This government guy is reaching out to the New People’s Army or the Abu Sayyaf Group. You can ask the retired general to check on this. I am referring to my ROTC Commandant, Raymundo Jarque.
General Bato said that Superintendent Maria Christina Nobleza is sleeping with the enemy, Reenor Lou Dungon (the ASG bomb expert). It was justified later by Nobleza that she was spying for the government. In short, she is the Trojan horse in the ASG camp. General Bato is not convinced. He believes that Nobleza is working for the enemy. That could be the reason why our army cannot zero in on the Abu Sayyaf Group. Our army is not aware of the “retrograde movement” of the ASG. (It’s the military doublespeak term for retreat.) That simply goes to show that ASG has a Trojan horse within the government troop.
Terrorists are believed to have infiltrated the areas behind the government lines. Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) fighters attacked several areas in Mindanao at the height of Asean summit hosted by our country (April 29). Areas hit were in Davao City, the pride of President Digong. First hit was the plantation of Lapanday Foods Corporation. The rebels disarmed the guards and burned the building.
The second attack was on Macondry Plastic Plant and the last target was the huge ranch in Barangay Pangyan. This is expected from CPP-NPA not discounting the peace talks in progress. This is a brilliant design to call the attention of Asean leaders. This could be an economic sabotage for the Lorenzana family (and the government also) for not giving the legal wage to the agriculture workers and the “Lumads” (member of the tribal community).
This also shows that our army is not ready for the “spoiling attack” (a tactical maneuver employed to seriously impair a hostile attack while the enemy is in the process of forming or assembling for an attack). Now, who’s sleeping with the enemy? Is the CPP-NPA Trojan horse able to get inside the military “electronic manipulative deception”? Our military should recheck their “meaconing.” The rebels inside the Trojan horse could be experts in “radio deception”.
This is not just a battle among the Trojan horses but this is a war that involves intelligence, espionage, deception and psychological warfare. I would like to single out an event wherein fighters belonging to Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) killed Alhabsy Misaya, a notorious commander of the Abu Sayyaf Group. He was killed in the area between Indanan and Parang in Sulu.
What is fun and funny? AFP Chief of Staff General Eduardo Año claimed that the government soldiers killed Misaya. Now, who is telling the truth? Is it the cat or the other cat that killed the mouse? The army has its “acoustic surveillance” (employment of electronic devices, including sound-recording, receiving, or transmitting equipment, for the collection of information). Did it work well or it was just a “sortie” (a sudden attack made from a defensive position)?
We have to consider also that the area is the playground of MNLF. They know very well the terrain, the people and the weather condition. One thing is sure, they have their Trojan horse in the Abu Sayyaf Group. The killing of Misaya by the MNLF is a product of their “reconnaissance patrol” (a patrol used to gain tactical information concerning the enemy).
Whatever it is, it is now a part of the “classified information” (information kept secret to protect national interests or national security). Funny, very funny! I know all these because I have also my Trojan horses in both sides. I call them my “confusion agents.” Oh, I love these war games. It gives me nuts!
