Zamboanga City stand-off largest 'urban warfare' scenario participated yet by AFP

From the Philippine News Agency (Oct 2): Zamboanga City stand-off largest 'urban warfare' scenario participated yet by AFP

The Zamboanga City stand-off where the military and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) fighters squared off for 20-days is so far the largest "urban warfare" scenario where units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) participated to date.

Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala, AFP public affairs office chief, made this statement after noting that the three services, Army, Navy and Air Force, fully cooperated and deployed assorted units to neutralize the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) threat.

While noting that this is not the first time the AFP has responded to "urban warfare" scenarios, Zagala said that this is the first time that the military has deployed "thousands of troops" to deal with such threats.

The AFP has its first taste of such combats during the 1995 Ipil siege and Lamitan in 2001.

Zagala also stressed that preparing the "after battle report" of the Zamboanga stand-off will take time as various staffs of the units involved in the action will prepare and consolidate their summaries on the conflict.

He declined to comment on specific topics which will highlighted in the report, adding that such matters are confidential in nature.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=572010