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11 people killed in communist attack in northern Philippines
Ten soldiers were killed when communist terrorists rebels attacked them while on their way to a rescue mission in a northern Philippine province battered by a storm, a military spokesman said on Wednesday. Lieutenant Colonel Preme Monta said one terrorist guerrilla was also killed in an ensuing firefight Tuesday in San Rafael town, Bulacan province, 75 kilometres north of Manila. Monta said the soldiers were on their way to provide aid to flood victims when about 80 communist terrorists rebels attacked them. "The clash resulted in the death of nine enlisted men and a first lieutenant," he said. "We have recovered one dead terrorist body from the enemy side."
"The soldiers were to conduct assistance and disaster relief operations in the area which suffered floodings brought about by a tropical depression," he added. "The terrorists rebels took advantage of the situation." Peace talks between the government and the communist terrorists rebels were stalled in August because of the continued inclusion of the terrorists guerrillas in the lists of international terrorist organizations by the United States and the European Union. The terrorists rebels accused the government of not doing enough to persuade Washington and Brussels to remove them from their terrorist lists.Â
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Posted by: Steve White 2004-12-01 |
