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| Topic Started: Jul 31 2004, 06:43 PM (38,644 Views) | |
| Switik | Jul 31 2004, 06:43 PM Post #1 |
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SunStar Anak Bayan slams arrival of more soldiers to NegOr By Jimmy Abayon and Maricar Aranas THE militant youth group Anak Bayan slammed the fresh deployment of more troops to Negros Oriental, warning it will lead to more human rights abuses in the province. Ronald Ian Evidente, Negros island Anak Bayan general secretary, issued the warning as scores of soldiers arrived in Negros Oriental Thursday aboard a C-130 military plane. The group represents the initial batch of seven companies of Scout Rangers to be deployed here before the end of the month to intensify the military campaign against the New People's Army (NPA). "Their arrival is the government's response to the mounting struggle of the farmers for land and basic social services...it will not resolve the land problem, poverty and lack of social services," Evidente told Sun.Star Dumaguete. Evidente is on temporary release after his arrest last May for the alleged murder of a member of the Revolutionary Proletariat Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB) in Sta. Catalina last December. Brig. Gen. Geoffrey Sodusta, commanding general of the Philippine Army's 303rd Brigade based on the island, disclosed the deployment of more troops to Negros Oriental during the visit to Dumaguete City of President Arroyo to officiate on four groundbreaking ceremonies. Brig. Gen. Sodusta said the troops would be composed of seven companies of scout rangers culled from different units of the 1st Scout Rangers Regiment all over the country. He said the soldiers are scheduled to arrive in Negros Oriental this month and will augment the force tracking down the armed leftist rebels crisscrossing the countryside. The massing of troops comes less than two months after the military overran a New People's Army training camp in a forested area of Barangay Tacpao in Guihulngan in June. The clash left one government soldier and one rebel dead. Farmers opposed to the subsequent deployment of government forces in at least three barangays in Guihulngan said sixteen soldiers were killed on government side. Sodusta brushed aside the allegation saying militant groups distorted the story. |
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| cruz | Aug 1 2004, 03:04 PM Post #2 |
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;) I WONDER IF ANAK BAYAN WILL TALK THE SAME LINE IF A COMPANY OF NPA'S ARRIVE IN THE ISLAND |
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| wingblast | Aug 1 2004, 03:15 PM Post #3 |
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7 SR companies for Negros? the neps must be wetting their pants by now 
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| Guest | Aug 1 2004, 08:20 PM Post #4 |
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 Hell Yeah! 
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| aldon | Aug 2 2004, 11:04 AM Post #5 |
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Its more likely that "Anak Bayan" will welcome the NPA company with open arms, perhaps even join them. So you can see why their panties are in bunch with more troops in there. |
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| Tormentor | Aug 2 2004, 11:21 AM Post #6 |
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Shoot. 7 SR companies mean serious business. Run run run away neps... 
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| Pasistang Bata | Aug 2 2004, 11:25 AM Post #7 |
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Yes, a big military offensive in Negros island. Time to flee to other islands for the NeP regulars. |
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| ColdDeadFish | Aug 2 2004, 08:42 PM Post #8 |
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It is common knowledge that NPA dictums explicitly says " avoid engagements with SAF, SR and SF" now if SRs are in Negros, it will seriously affect their activities. Who can they count on to counter this threat, "the front organizations". Real fighting soldiers can dispel their serious "kotong" racket. >>>>> 
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| flipzi | Aug 8 2004, 11:21 PM Post #9 |
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The AFP realized that Negros remains as one of the strategic and important tactical bases of the rebels, just like Mindoro. One proof of that is the discovery of a big rebel camp. The 7 SRCs will comprise the new SR Batallion that will be headed by Col. Noel Buan, a tough Airborne Ranger himself. "... Gov. George Arnaiz viewed the arrival of the Scout Ranger battalion in a different way. Arnaiz said it will boost the tourism industry in Negros Oriental as well as the economic situation. " http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FilipinoAegis/message/846 ".. The arrival of a battalion-sized Army unit brought to three the number of major infantry units of the Armed Forces stationed on Negros island, excluding the 542nd Engineering Construction Battalion, which is mainly tasked to help local government units in countryside development. ..." http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FilipinoAegis/message/845 |
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| Switik | Aug 9 2004, 12:07 PM Post #10 |
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The anakbayan leftists have nothing to worry, for now, the 500-man SR battalion in Negros will undergo retraining, reorganization and consolidation for three months before being unleashed, the NeP elders of Anakbayan will then have 3 months to hide, train themselves or generally tremble in fear. :D |
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