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...rebels' shadowy National Governing Council is a troika chaired by General Eduardo Abenina and filled out by Lieut. Colonel Gregorio ("Gringo") Honasan, mastermind of the last two coup attempts, and General Jose Maria Zumel, a renegade officer loyal to the cause of Marcos. In a phone call, Abenina told TIME that the rebels could count on about 60% of the military for support. Soon, he said, they will begin a new phase of the rebellion, destroying property and, perhaps, waging a campaign of political assassinations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines There Is Always a Next Time | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...denies that the group is out to kill Aquino. "We shall give her a pleasurable life as a private citizen," said Abenina. "Her official acts -- like the declaration of state of emergency -- we will not question." But he said they would scrutinize her private failure to discipline manipulative ; relatives. For the past year, Aquino has promised to prosecute "one big fish" on graft charges but has yet failed to land a catch. Abenina added, "Had America not intervened, this civil war would have been over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines There Is Always a Next Time | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...Cebu, 350 miles southeast of Manila, troops commanded by Brigadier General Edgardo Abenina flew the Philippine flag upside down at their garrisons as a sign of sympathy for the rebels. Civilian authorities were placed under house arrest. But after Ramos relieved Abenina of his command, the brigadier general peacefully submitted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines The Coup That Failed | 9/7/1987 | See Source »

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