Victorious NPA offensives:
NPA in Cagayan punishes abusive AFP unit

Basahin ang artikulong ito sa Pilipino

The New People's Army (NPA) Henry Abraham Command in Cagayan meted out severe punishment on the abusive 17th IB on September 30. In a statement, National Democratic Front-Northeastern Luzon spokesperson Salvador del Pueblo said seven enemy troops were killed and six wounded in an ambush launched by Red fighters in Sitio Ladac, Caruppian, Baggao. The NPA confiscated two M14s, two M16s, communications equipment and other war mat�riel and documents with high intelligence value.

The ambushed troops were part of the brigade-size Operation Phantom which has been launching strike operations in the towns of Baggao, Gattaran and Alcala for the past three months.

The masses have long demanded the punishment of the 17th IB because of its involvement in summary killings, repression and intimidation of peasants, the forcible use of minors as guides in their military operations, the destruction of crops and stealing peasants' farm animals.

After the fighting, the NPA administered first aid to wounded enemy troops who had surrendered or had been rendered hors de combat.

NPA ambushes Philippine Army soldiers in Zamboanga Sibuguey

Three elements of the Philippine Army 38th Special Forces Company were killed in an ambush on September 29 by a unit of the Wilson Feliciano Command of the New People's Army (NPA) in Western Mindanao. The ambush was launched in Barangay Pe�aranda, Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibuguey.

The soldiers were part of a 13-man squad that was on patrol at around 8 a.m. An undetermined number of enemy soldiers were also wounded, while the NPA did not sustain a single casualty.

In a statement, Ismael Marte, the CPP-NPA's spokesperson in the region said the fighting that took place near an AFP detachment lasted until 9:15 in the morning. The ambushed troops were part of the 102nd Infantry Brigade's maneuver force.

The 102nd Brigade admitted to sustaining only one dead and one wounded. But it rained howitzer shells on civilian communities in mountainous areas of Barangay Diampak, which they believe to be an NPA bastion.

Marte strongly condemned the shelling as a flagrant violation of the CARHRIHL and international conventions of war.

NPA rescues detained guerrilla

The Ka Paking Guimbaolibot Red Partisan Brigade of the New People�s Army in Southern Mindanao rescued Jordan Donillo (Ka Jovan) in a 10-minute operation on September 30, at around 8:30 a.m. in Km. 74, Mawab, Compostela Valley.

Ka Jovan and four other detainees were riding a vehicle owned by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and were on their way to Nabunturan town guarded by four PNP/BJMP personnel when the rescue operation was launched.

The Red partisans flagged down the vehicle but were forced to open fire when its driver refused to stop. Seized from the wounded guards were three 9 mm pistols, a .45, a shotgun and a VHF radio.

It is the NPA's policy and practice to look for and seize opportunities to rescue any comrade from military torturers and murderers and from the reactionaries' corrupt justice system. This is a far cry from the AFP and PNP's policy that gives importance only to the welfare of captured officers and neglects that of the others.

To hide their shame, the PNP spun the yarn that Ka Jovan was seized by the NPA to make him face trial for allegedly giving valuable information to the enemy.

Meanwhile, in a related development, an NPA platoon attacked the Magdum Wood Corp. in San Isidro, Davao Oriental on September 19, seizing several high-powered firearms. An NPA unit likewise raided a PNP detachment in Pantukan, Compostela Valley that same day, killing a policeman.

07 October 2004
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