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PH, US to hold war games near disputed West PH Sea territory
Topic Started: Sep 17 2013, 02:43 PM (931 Views)
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By: Jason Gutierrez, Agence France-Presse
September 17, 2013 1:15 PM

MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines and the United States will begin war games near disputed West Philippine Sea waters this week, showcasing fast-expanding military ties and likely further stoking tensions with China.

The annual exercises, which involve 2,300 marines from both sides, will take place amid the backdrop of ongoing negotiations to further increase an American military presence and the deployment of its hardware in the former US colony.

They also come three weeks before US President Barack Obama is due to visit Manila, a huge moment for the Philippines as it looks for US support amid a worsening row with China over rival claims to parts of the body of water also known as the South China Sea.

"The Chinese will view these military exercises as yet another example of the Philippines stirring up tensions in the South China Sea and of the US taking advantage of the situation to increase its military presence," regional security expert Ian Storey told AFP.

Beijing, which insists it has sovereignty to nearly all of the South China Sea, has repeatedly railed at the Philippines for refusing to back down in the territorial dispute and seeking to draw the US closer.

Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have competing claims to parts of the sea, which is believed to sit atop vast deposits of fossil fuels, but China has been particularly angered at the Philippines for being the most vocal.





http://www.interaksyon.com/article/70901/ph-us-to-hold-war-games-near-disputed-west-ph-sea-territory
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Sep 17 2013, 02:43 PM
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By: Jason Gutierrez, Agence France-Presse
September 17, 2013 1:15 PM

MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines and the United States will begin war games near disputed West Philippine Sea waters this week, showcasing fast-expanding military ties and likely further stoking tensions with China.

The annual exercises, which involve 2,300 marines from both sides, will take place amid the backdrop of ongoing negotiations to further increase an American military presence and the deployment of its hardware in the former US colony.

They also come three weeks before US President Barack Obama is due to visit Manila, a huge moment for the Philippines as it looks for US support amid a worsening row with China over rival claims to parts of the body of water also known as the South China Sea.

"The Chinese will view these military exercises as yet another example of the Philippines stirring up tensions in the South China Sea and of the US taking advantage of the situation to increase its military presence," regional security expert Ian Storey told AFP.

Beijing, which insists it has sovereignty to nearly all of the South China Sea, has repeatedly railed at the Philippines for refusing to back down in the territorial dispute and seeking to draw the US closer.

Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have competing claims to parts of the sea, which is believed to sit atop vast deposits of fossil fuels, but China has been particularly angered at the Philippines for being the most vocal.





http://www.interaksyon.com/article/70901/ph-us-to-hold-war-games-near-disputed-west-ph-sea-territory
far fetching illusion of me with no sources whatsoever

while the war games are going on with us and uncle sam some of our boys might remove those concrete structure that the chicoms vehemently denied they built or better yet we may use it as our target practice as we have so done in the past

if it nears
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