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| Five NPA militants killed in Philippine clashes |
| 2014-05-21 |
| Five communist militants were killed in separate clashes in North Cotabato and Quezon provinces in the Philippines. Cpt. Alberto Caber said three militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Roxas, North Cotabato on Monday. Members of the New People's Army (NPA) reportedly harassed the Roxas Municipal Police Station at around 3:30 a.m. A 30-minute firefight followed, leaving three NPA members dead and one policeman injured. One of the slain militants was identified as alias "Revo." Meanwhile, two NPA miltants were killed in a separate encounter with Army troops in Tayabas, Quezon also on Monday. Lt. Col. Lloyd Cabacungan said the clash happened in Sitio Pinagbanderahan at around 4:15 p.m. He identified the slain miltants as Peping Agudo, logistics and finance officer of a local rebel committee and Rommel Ramos aliases "Jhersy", "Ludy", and "Hansel". |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 They never stopped funding the NPA. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2014-05-21 17:49 |
| #2 It's a start . . . . |
| Posted by: Barbara 2014-05-21 15:48 |
| #1 According to Standford.edu, "External Influences From 1969 to 1976, the People's Republic of China provided material support to the New People's Army. Following the cessation of China's support, the NPA went through a five-year period of weakness. By the early 1980s, NPA had found new funding sources, (extortion, revolutionary taxes, communist parties in Western Europe, church-based groups in Canada, Norway, and Switzerland, and the Japan Communist Party) [10] and was rebuilding. [11]." Given China's South China sea belligerency, I wonder if China isn't still covertly funding the NPA. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-05-21 13:37 |