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April 16th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda On April 8, a Philippine warship reportedly found eight Chinese fishing vessels loaded with ‘illegally-caught’ fish and coral at the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.
China’s naval forces arrived in the area, preventing the Philippines’s navy to arrest the Chinese fishermen. Nearly one week after the incident, attempts to resolve the stand-off have not been successful as both sides refuse to back down and are still keeping civilian vessels at the shoal.
Filipino officials claim the drill is not meant to “provoke” China.
“As we have said, the (Balikatan) exercises have long been scheduled and these have nothing to do with the incident,” Philippines’s Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte has said.
Some 4,500 US forces and 2,300 Filipino troops are taking part in the 28th joint military drill between the US and the Philippines.
The annual exercises will run until April 27.
Some analysts believe the choice of location of the military maneuvers indicates the US support for Philippines against the growing power of China’s naval clout.
Six countries, including China, Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan, claim sovereignty over areas in the South China Sea, which is said to contain huge deposits of oil and gas.
China claims all of the South China Sea as an historic right, even waters close to the coasts of the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries.
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