Oplan HACKLE

Oplan HACKLE
Part of the Communist insurgency in the Philippines
Date February 22–24, 2006 Plot was uncovered by the Filipino Military. Location Various places in the Philippines Result Arrest of leaders; Declaration of state of emergency.
Belligerents
Magdalo troops New People's Army	Philippine Government
Commanders and leaders
Danilo Lim	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Oplan HACKLE was a supposed plot by rebel soldiers in the Philippines to overthrow the Arroyo administration, foiled by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on February 24, 2006 (see Philippines under state of emergency, 2006). Allegedly, the four-phase plot included a mass jailbreak of Magdalo mutineers and the unfolding of anti-government posters during a Philippine Military Academy reunion.

The rebel Magdalo soldiers are said to be working with the New People's Army, a communist military organization — The AFP claims "HACKLE" is an abbreviated form of "hammer and sickle".

External links

• Armed Forces of the Philippines - Military Portal – Oplan HACKLE discovered
• ABS-CBN Interactive – PMA reunion under tight guard
• Military intelligence details coup plot in 'Oplan Hackle' - INQ7.net – Another source for Oplan Hackle