US-Arroyo regime reaps more enemies
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has been propagating the document "Knowing the Enemy" among all military units as part of the campaign to suppress organizations upholding the people's interests.
Just as Marcos did in the past, the US-Arroyo regime has been red-baiting various organizations, accusing them of being fronts or partners of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and New People's Army (NPA) to justify its use of violence against them, in accordance with the doctrine of a "war against terrorism." This is part of Gloria Arroyo and US imperialism's grand plan to impose martial law nationwide, with the AFP's special forces as well as Angelo Reyes, the CIA's main liaison to the reactionary regime serving as point men.
"Knowing the Enemy" particularly targets organizations that actively expose and oppose the Arroyo regime's corruption, puppetry and repression. The document alleges that the CPP controls BAYAN, Bayan Muna, Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), COURAGE, GABRIELA, Anakbayan and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), among others.
In the face of widespread criticism, the AFP top brass has come up with all sorts of excuses. It presented the media with a doctored version of the document on April 8 that omits the names of certain organizations and lists progressive groups as being "influenced" instead of "controlled" by the CPP. Nevertheless, no amount of the regime and the AFP high officialdom's sophistry could conceal the fact that the entire AFP continues to view those organizations as "enemies of the state."
In fact, AFP officials at the regional and provincial levels have had no qualms about carrying out their campaign against members of these organizations. In Negros, the military has unfurled streamers linking the names of mass organizations with the CPP and NPA. In Eastern Visayas today, where the most recent cases of extrajudicial killings have taken place, the AFP has been propagating slogans saying that Bayan Muna members are allied with the NPA.
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