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Instead, the three men muscled past passengers standing in the aisle and, surrounding Aquino, moved him toward the exit jetway. When reporters, who had accompanied Aquino on the journey from Taipei, tried to follow, they were halted at the door by two men in white uniforms. By then Aquino was already outside on the metal platform at the top of the stairs leading to the tarmac. He was surrounded by at least five uniformed men. Reporters tried to open the door to follow, but were rebuffed by the guards, one of whom reached back and shoved a television cameraman, forcing...
...that moment, a shot rang out, then two more. The reporters rushed to the windows in the plane's first-class compartment and saw Aquino lying face down on the pavement, a gaping hole in the back of his head. The khaki-clad guards who had taken him from the plane were nowhere to be seen, and the area was swarming with blue-uniformed AVSECOM troops. Next to a van, two of the troopers looked on as a third pumped at least eight bullets into the body of a man dressed in a blue Philippine Airlines maintenance worker...
...killed so clumsily. Most speculation centered on two sources: the radical left, which would stand to benefit from a weakening of the moderate opposition and a brutal blow to Marcos' reputation; and, more plausibly, some of the President's senior aides. While still in the U.S., Aquino had told TIME that he feared the loyalist forces around Marcos more than tie did the President. The reason: in the long run, Aquino felt, he would be an obstacle to their political ambitions. Aquino was known to fear Armed Forces Chief Ver above all others in the Marcos circle...
Wherever the guilt lay, Aquino's death has fundamentally altered Philippine politics at a time when Marcos can least afford it. Parliamentary elections are to be held next year, and in recent months it seemed there was a chance they would be fair, which boded well for future stability. If, at the same time, a spirit of reconciliation could be fostered among the country's major forces-Marcos, the Roman Catholic Church, the army and the opposition-the elections might have been credible. That, in turn, could have led to open debate, brought more young people into...
...been quietly pressing Marcos for some time to institute democratic reforms. With the assassination, however, Washington suddenly found itself facing an unexpected dilemma: How to keep the Philippine regime at arm's length without compromising U.S. strategic interests. The Administration quickly rejected calls to send a delegation to Aquino's funeral. Instead, officials decided that the "proper" representative was Michael Armacost, the U.S. Ambassador in Manila. Likewise, Reagan decided not to cancel his November visit too hastily. Such a move, officials argued, would amount to prejudging Marcos. Washington, however, did put considerable pressure on the Philippine President...