The workers� movement
Intensifying mass struggles

Basahin ang artikulong ito sa Pilipino

Militarization has become far more violent and brutal nationwide through Oplan Gordian Knot, which the Arroyo government has implemented as a continuation of the Estrada regime's failed Oplan Makabayan.

Civilians are the usual victims of "counter-insurgency" operations in the countryside. Following are some examples:

In Barangay Batang II, Sasmuan, Pampanga, Mauricio Morales and two other fishermen were shot in the face several hours after an encounter on July 4, 2003. Maj. Gen. Alberto Braganza of the 7th ID even boasted of killing 15 NPA members in a joint operation of the 69th IB and 73rd Reconnaissance Company.

In Kananga, Leyte, elements of the 19th Infantry Commando Battalion killed nine peasant leaders and youth in Sitio Mahayahay, Barangay San Isidro.

Meanwhile, with Mindoro Oriental regarded as a national priority in the "counter-insurgency" campaign, a series of killings, forced evacuation and reconcentration, fake surrenders,

Captured NPA fighters and those rendered hors de combat from legitimate encounters are tortured before eventually being killed. Arroyo's subsequent order to prioritize in the counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism campaign 500 communities that supposedly support the NPA translates to more intense military brutality and violations of the CARHRIHL.

The military uses rebel-returnees, vigilante groups and counterrevolutionary forces like the RPA-ABB in the Visayas and the RHB in Central Luzon in its assaults against communities in the countryside and in operations against the revolutionary forces and members of progressive organizations.

06 May 2000
English Edition

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