The government’s real policy was summed up in its Oplan Bantay Laya (Operational Plan Freedom Watch), announced in January 2002 as part of the U.S. “global war on terror” (GWOT in the Pentagonese dialect).
Ang tunay na patakaran ng gobyerno ay masusuma sa Oplan Bantay Laya nito, na inanunsyo noong 2002 bilang bahagi ng “global war on terror” (GWOT sa salita ng mga nasa Pentagon) ng Estados Unidos.