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| Filipino mistaken for US soldier |
| 2009-04-29 |
| [Straits Times] COMMUNIST insurgents who claimed to have wounded a US soldier mistook a light-skinned Filipino for an American, a Philippine military spokesman said on Tuesday. The communist New PeopleŽs Army (NPA) said it had wounded a US soldier helping local troops on the central island of Masbate two weeks ago, citing this as evidence of illegal US involvement in counter-insurgency operations. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Typical IO op from the NPA. Usually they charge an American with rape. They get the initial press of US soldiers raping the helpless filipino girl only to have her recant the next day admitting she was forced by the NPA to do it. The recant never makes the papers and the smear is complete. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-04-29 15:44 |
| #1 mistook a light-skinned Filipino for an American OK, I personally know a number of light-skinned Americans of Filipino ancestry. And some light-skinned Filipinos of American ancestry. The NPA needs to refine their identification criteria for American soldiers - maybe look at the uniform insignia. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-04-29 09:03 |