Armed Forces of the Philippines, in the international news again.

[bogschess]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtmnN9xnzGo

Philippine military rocked by new 'torture' video

Sun Mar 20, 2:28 am ET

MANILA (AFP) – The Philippine military was rocked Sunday by a fresh "torture" video purporting to show troops abusing trainees as it moved to cleanse its ranks of rogue soldiers.
The 14-minute video uploaded on Youtube showed soldiers beating a group of young recruits using ropes and sticks as loud screams could be heard in the background.
The military admitted the video was taken during an "escape and evasion" training exercise three years ago in eastern Bicol region, but stressed the painful hazing had already been outlawed and was a "thing of the past."
"The escape and evasion exercise used to be part of the military training wherein the 'captive soldiers' are subjected to simulated physical pains endured during their captivity," said regional army spokesman Major Harold Cabunoc.
The video, he said, was allegedly uploaded by a group which is a known front for communist guerrillas.
He said trainers who acted as opposing forces were only authorised to threaten the trainees with force but not subject them to real harm.
In most cases, he said, the trainees were only blindfolded as they were made to listen to their colleagues faking torture screams in a bid to scare them.
"In the so-called torture video posted in the Internet, some trainers were seen beating the captives with ropes and small sticks," he admitted.
"This is unacceptable because undue harm is already inflicted on the soldier."
He said the training was later scrapped because it proved to be "counter-productive."
The video came a month after military authorities launched an investigation into a purported video of Marines beating up four captives as they moaned in pain in a coconut grove somewhere in the southern Philippines.
In the video, which was widely circulated on Facebook, the troops could be seen kicking the men in the head and back as they lay defenceless, blindfolded and with their hands tied behind their backs.
One soldier could be heard saying: "Let's butcher these sons of bitches elsewhere, we might have trouble carrying them."
Philippine military rocked by new 'torture' video - Yahoo! News

[bogschess]

the youtube videos have two parts.

[black_mamba]

for me there's nothing wrong with it.... if you can't handle the pain... don't join the arm forces.. plain and simple.... part of the training rana...

[ingkiang]

for me part of training ra....sakit sa lawas man jud basta mg military...mas ok ra man cguro to compared anang mosud ka sa frat, na dagku kaau ug paddle...

[badtrigger]

it was not a damn torture per se. It was pure training!

[pantaleon]

Training raman ni siya! Kun torture pani na untay posas,naa man silay option ani diba? Kun di nila kaya mo quit sila.

[nealotol]

nindot ni cya kay exposed naman gud sa gawas...

[reptoid]

Abusive treatment and probably counterproductive. Subjecting your own troops to cruelty is not training, it is sadistic entertainment likely to demoralize and could even promote the mistreatment of prisoners by troops in the future.

[KizoneC]

nasikat na sad ang pinas ani... mao diay training para ma army diay ka?

[black_mamba]

mao ni gtawag nga Prisoners of War....

mao nay g.ingon if you don't have what it takes.. yaw nlng patuga tuga!