From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 31): AFP to remain on defensive despite NPA attacks
Until ordered to go on the offensive, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will continue to be on the defensive despite repeated and unprovoked attacks against civilians and military men in Bukidnon, Surigao Del Norte, Agusan Del Norte, Compostela Valley, Batangas and Isabela in the past 48 hours.
AFP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla in a briefing in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City Tuesday said that should the attacks continue, the AFP would be forced to recommend the lifting of the military ceasefire so that lives of soldiers in the field would not be hazarded needlessly.
"We have brought this matter to the attention of our peace panel and to the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process," Padilla said.
In the NPA ambush in Echague, Isabela, two unarmed troopers were killed last Jan. 30 while another three were wounded in a harassment raid in Surigao City in the same day.
Last January 29, a trooper, fresh "Bayanihan" duties, was abducted by the NPA in Alegria, Surigao Del Norte.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=959749
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