Did you know that 825+ people have been killed in the Philippines since 2001? We're talkin' regular people...students, teachers, lawyers, workers, journalists, clergy, humar rights workers, etc. Witnesses have pointed to elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in carrying out these killings. Yet not one person has been tried or convicted for any of these deaths. President Arroyo's government has done nothing to stop these atrocities. For us living in the U.S.A. it's a little tricky. The U.S. government has been providing excessive amounts of military aid to the Philippine government. The Library of Congress states that total U.S. military assistance to the Philippines rose from $38 million in 2001 to $114 million in 2003 and a projected $164 million in 2005. That's our tax dollars potentially subsidizing death squads of the Philippine military at the cost of the Filipino people.