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Information Bureau
Communist Party of the Philippines

CPP condemns bombings, warns against escalated suppression and US intervention
February 15, 2005

Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) spokesman Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal today issued the following statement regarding yesterday evening's bombings in Makati, Davao and General Santos:

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns in the strongest terms possible the bombings last night in Makati, Davao and General Santos cities that killed at least 10 people and wounded scores of others.

These bombings come at the heel of intensified AFP fascist offensives in Sulu that has caused great hardship and widespread violation of human rights. Thousands of families have been forced to evacuate because of the indiscriminate aerial bombings carried out by the AFP. Yesterday evening's bombings do not serve any democratic or pro-people cause--neither the Filipino people's cause for liberation from US imperialism nor the Moro people's cause for self-determination.

They serve only to justify the intensification of fascist suppression and the employment of terror to preempt the burgeoning people's resistance against the Arroyo regime.

These bombings also serve to justify the escalation of US military intervention and give credence to the so-called "war against terror" of the imperialist US government.

They can only be the handiwork of elements or agents that wittingly or unwittingly serve the cause of the militarists and US interventionists.