CPP/Ang Bayan: 10 military actions launched in Mindanao

Propaganda article from the English language edition of the CPP online publication Ang Bayan (Aug 7): 10 military actions launched in Mindanao

Ten military actions were successfully launched by Red fighters of the New People’s Army (NPA) in four provinces of Mindanao amid intensified military offensives by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) this July.

The AFP suffered 38 casualties, including a lieutenant and a corporal, in the hands of the NPA. Meanwhile, the Red fighters were able to retreat safely in all of these gunbattles. The NPA was likewise able to seize high-powered firearms, including an M60 machine gun and an M79 grenade launcher.

In Davao del Norte. NPA Red fighters under the Comval-North Davao-South Agusan Subregional Command seized an M60 machine gun, a Cobra M16, four military packs, four cellphones, 500 M60 rounds and 300 K3 machine gun rounds in an ambush on patrolling 60th IB troops in Sitio Kapatagan, Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong on July 25. Two soldiers were killed and six others were wounded.

In Bukidnon. Red guerrillas seized three firearms, killed ten soldiers and wounded four others in harassment operations from July 22-24.

Nine elements of the 68th IB were killed and three others wounded in an ambush by Red fighters under the South-Central Bukidnon Subregional Command (SCBSC) in Barangay Cawayan, Quezon on July 24, at exactly 2:10 p.m. Seized were an M16 rifle and an M79 grenade launcher, two military packs and other military equipment.

The exhausted fascists had just returned from combat operations in San Fernando town and were on the way back to their camp when they were waylaid by the Red guerrillas. The NPA platoon first used a command-detonated explosive (CDX) on the 26 AFP troops before opening fire. The battle lasted 40 minutes.

The day before, a corporal under the 8th IB was killed and another soldier wounded in a harassment operation by a unit under the NPA Eastern Misamis Oriental-Northeastern Bukidnon Subregional Command while the AFP troops were on foot patrol along Km. 30, Barangay Calabugao, Impasug-ong. Later, two NPA teams launched separate harassment operations on the 8th IB detachments in Barangays Hagpa and Calabugao in the same town on July 24 and 25.

On July 22, Red guerrillas destroyed a boom spray truck owned by Sumifru Pineapple Plantation in Barangay Maynaga, Cabanglasan at exactly 11:40 a.m. They also seized a KG9 machine pistol. This was the third punitive operation by the revolutionary movement against Sumifru in the province this year.

On the same day, a column of more than 50 troops under the 104th Division Reconnaissance Company suffered an undetermined number of casualties after an NPA unit used a CDX and opened fire at them at around 11:30 a.m. in Barangay Sta. Filomena in the adjacent town of Quezon.

Meanwhile, a unit under the SCBSC punished a CAFGU element in Barangay Canangahan, Cabanglasan on July 18, seizing a .38 cal pistol from him. In 2009, the paramilitary surrendered two M16 rifles that had been entrusted to him for safekeeping by the NPA before joining the CAFGU. He has since been active in pursuit operations against the NPA and in threatening local residents to stop supporting the revolutionary movement and surrender instead.

In Davao Occidental. Three soldiers under the 73rd IB were killed, including Lt. Gary Magburan and two others seriously wounded when an NPA sapper unit used a CDX was on the KM450 military truck they were riding as it traversed Sitio Kitolali, Barangay Kelalag, Malita on July 16.

The soldiers were on the way to Barangay Demolok to pursue Red guerrillas who had arrested a military intelligence agent from Barangay Pinalpalan, Malita on July 15.

In Misamis Oriental. Five 58th IB troopers were killed and five others wounded in four successive military actions launched by Red fighters under the NPA Eastern Misamis Oriental-Northeastern Bukidnon Subregional Command in the first week of July.

Two soldiers were killed and two others wounded after being harassed by NPA Red fighters who were on patrol in Sitio Kapatagan, Barangay Umagos, Lagonglong on July 4, at around 5 a.m.

Three hours later, another element from the same battalion was killed and three others wounded in another harassment operation by an NPA team in Barangay Kibanban, Balingasag.

The day before, a soldier was confirmed killed after a column under the 58th IB was harassed by an NPA unit in Sitio Kapatagan.

On July 1, a soldier had likewise been killed when Red fighters harassed a 58th IB unit on patrol in Sitio Pugahan, Barangay Bunal in Salay town.

 

[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

 

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