Marwan is highly wanted by the US government and a bounty of about US$5M was offered for any information leading to his capture. Please take note that there are other high profile domestic terrorists in the Philippines with the government taking no action at all.
The Americans can send their own team to execute Marwan like what they did in Pakistan (sans the VFA restrictions) but the Philippine government chose to do it themselves. Why?
It was secretly led and directed by Gen. Purisima, together with the American FBI agents. If the mission succeeds, Purisima will be praised... It's a "pogi" point for him. If it fails, the SAF chief will be the scape-goat. This is why no coordination was made with the other armed forces of the Philippines. Purisima wanted to take all the credits for himself as a means of saving his face from the multitude of corruption cases against him.
Conclusion: The Americans got what they wanted and Aquino/Purisima tandem was exonerated with the SAF chief taking "full" command responsibility.
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