The Mamasapano Clash (The Fall of the SAF 44)

In 2015, the Philippine National Police Special Armed Forces were set to capture and/or neutralise a prominent member of the southeast Asian terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah. Operation or Oplan Exodus looked like it was a simple and straightforward mission. But what started out as a seemingly solid police operation would later turn out to be one of the bloodiest encounters with Filipino Muslim rebels in the Philippines. The fallout of the ill-fated mission would expose flaws in the planning process and missteps that ultimately cost lives. Listen now for the full story.*At the end of this episode, I mentioned the de-brief episode that I was supposed to release last Friday for Patreon patrons. At the time of recording, I thought I had been able to successfully upload it on Patreon but the episode did not upload and I only noticed it today. So, I will try to re-upload it. Apologies to those who are/will be subscribed to the Kaibigan and Kapamilya tiers! Will fix the problem asap!Anyway, my podcast recommendation of the week is Stolen Voices by the lovely Lorri. This is their website https://www.stolenvoicespodcast.com/.Thank you for all your support. Lagim Podcast will soon cross the 60k downloads threshold and I could not be happier. Maraming salamat.Sources list: https://lagimpodcast.podcastpage.io/blog/the-mamasapano-clash-the-fall-of-the-saf-44 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/lagimpodcast) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lagim-a-filipino-true-crime--5701073/support.