Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Marines transferred to Palawan to fight off NPA

From the Philippine Star (Oct 9): Marines transferred to Palawan to fight off NPA

The 3rd Marine Brigade headquarters was transferred from Sulu to Palawan to counter the emergence of the New People's Army (NPA) in the island province. Maj. Gen. Rustico Guerrero, commandant of the Philippine Marines (PM), said that NPA rebels are now operating in Palawan and the Marines are being deployed in the province as a containing force. “Basically, the Marines are deployed in Palawan for internal security operations,” Guerrero told reporters following the launching of the Phiblex 2013 held inside Harrier jet hangar of USS Bonhomme, a Marine ground and air strike vessel now docked at the former US Naval facility in Subic Bay. Thousands of Moro rebels from the Moro National Islamic Liberation Front (MNLF) are also based in several locations in Palawan, which Guerrero failed to mention in the media interview....

http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationSubCategoryId=200&articleId=857708

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