Five years after the initial deployment, this report gathers the available information and evidence regarding this claim. It relies on publicly available information provided by US troops themselves who, in writing about their missions for military publications, have gone on record to describe their experiences in ways that cast their operation in a different light. It is based on first-hand interviews with witnesses who have dared to come out and who claim to have seen US troops in action. It gathers various separate news articles, reports, and papers offering little-known or little-discussed information on the mission and puts them together to provide a bigger and more coherent picture. Finally, it studies and analyzes overall US global military strategy in order to contextualize their mission.
It finds that the US troops may not only be waging war within the Philippines, they may also established a new form of U.S. bases in the country.
(Focus on the Philippines Special Reports are in-depth and comprehensive reports on specific aspects of pressing contemporary issues.)
