THE massacre of 44 members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) in the hands of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, last Sunday could have been avoided had the covert operation been carefully planned and coordinated in advance with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin was reacting to accusations that the AFP did not reinforce or it took the military quite some time before coming to the aid of the embattled SAF team that at the time were already at the receiving end of the separatist MILF rebels, who were superior in number and masters of the terrain.
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