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US Secretary of State Colin Powell announced on August 9 that the US has included the CPP and NPA on its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO). The move is part of preparations by US imperialism to directly intervene in the counterrevolutionary war. The NPA was included in the list of so-called FTOs supposedly because it strongly opposes "any US presence" in the Philippines and has killed American citizens in the country. According to Powell, he hopes that the US decision would encourage other governments to likewise isolate the CPP and NPA, choke off its financial sources and prevent their movement across international borders.
In this regard, the US and the Macapagal-Arroyo regime filed separate requests with the government of The Netherlands to freeze "assets of the CPP and its leaders" in that country. In reply, The Netherlands foreign ministry announced on August 13 that it would freeze Comrade Jose Ma. Sison's bank deposits and the NDFP's assets. The United Kingdom issued a similar decision on August 17. ![]()
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