Ang Bayan Daily News & Analysis propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Mar 22, 2023):
March 22, 2023
Inilalagay ng magkakasunod na pagsasanay militar at presensya ng libu-libong tropang Amerikano at kanilang mga sandata ang Pilipinas sa peligrong makaladkad sa inter-imperyalistang gera sa pagitan ng US at China.
“Sa ngayon na may sigalot ang US at China…mahirap malagay sa gitna ng nag-uumpugang bato lalo pa at ang mamamayan natin ang maaapektuhan,” pahayag ni House Deputy Minority leader at ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro.
“Ang pagsasanay na Salaknib, ang pagdaong ng barkong pandigmang USS America at ang nalalapit na Balikatan war game kung saan lalahok ang 12,000 (tropang Amerikano) ay bahagi ng pagpapakitang-lakas at pagpapakitang-gilas ng US sa rehiyon,” ayon naman sa Bayan. “Ano ang pakinabang nito sa mamamayan? Bakit natin hinahayaan ang isang imperyalistang halimaw na responsable sa mga gera sa Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya at Syria, na dalhin ang panunulsol nito sa rehiyon?”
Binweltahan nito ang papet na estado ng Pilipinas sa pag-aktong “utusan para sa imperyalistang adyenda ng US sa Asia.”
Pang-uupat ng gera
Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon, magsasagawa ang US ng live-fire exercise (o pagpapaputok ng tunay na bala o bomba) ng mga Javelin ATGM sa teritoryo ng Pilipinas sa Marso 31. Kokopyahin sa Salaknib ang mga teknik at taktikang ginagamit ng mga tropang Ukrainian sa gerang proxy ng US laban sa Russia. Ang Javelin ATMG ay isang portable na kontra-tangkeng sandata na ginagamit ngayon ng US sa Ukraine.
Bahagi ang aktibidad ng Salaknib exercises na nagsimula noong Marso 14. Magtatapos ang pagsasanay sa Abril 4 para bigyan-daan ang mas malaki at mas masaklaw na pagsasanay na Balikatan. Ang Salaknib ay taunang aktibidad na isinasagawa ng US army para sanayin ang Armed Forces of the Philippines. Kalahok sa pagsasanay ngayong taon ang 3,000 sundalo.
Kasama sa Salaknib ang 1st Brigade Combat Team, Special Forces Regiment (Airborne), First Scout Ranger Regiment, Light Reaction Regiment, 5th ID, 7th ID, Armor Division ng Philippine Army.
Magkakaroon din ng live-fire exercises para sa paggamit ng rocket system sa Abril 1, gamit ang Multi-Launch Rocket System. Samantala, tapos na ang pagsasanay sa pagpapaputok ng iba’t ibang sistema ng rocket at artileri gamit ang High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems o HIMARS, M119A3 105mm towed howitzer at 81mm at 60mm extended-range mortar.
Ang mga mortar na 105mm at 81mm ay walang pakundangang ginagamit ng AFP para bombahin ang mga sibilyang komunidad sa kampanya nito laban sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan.
[TRANSLATION: Exercise Salaknib, Balikatan, puts the Philippines in danger
The successive military exercises and the presence of thousands of American troops and their weapons put the Philippines at risk of being dragged into an inter-imperialist war between the US and China.
"Now that the US and China are at loggerheads...it's hard to be in the middle of a dispute especially since our people will be affected," said House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro.
"The exercise Salaknib, the docking of the warship USS America and the upcoming Balikatan war game in which 12,000 (American troops) will participate are part of the display of strength and display of the US in the region," according to Bayan. "What is the benefit of this to the people? Why are we allowing an imperialist monster responsible for the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria, to bring its incitement to the region?”
It sold the puppet state of the Philippines for acting as a "mandate for the US imperialist agenda in Asia."
War loan
For the first time, the US will conduct a live-fire exercise (or firing real bullets or bombs) of Javelin ATGMs on Philippine territory on March 31. Salaknib will copy the techniques and tactics used by Ukrainian troops in US proxy war against Russia. The Javelin ATMG is a portable anti-tank weapon currently used by the US in Ukraine.
The activity is part of the Salaknib exercises that began on March 14. The exercise will end on April 4 to give way to the larger and more comprehensive Balikatan exercise. Salaknib is an annual activity conducted by the US army to train the Armed Forces of the Philippines. 3,000 soldiers are participating in this year's training.
Salaknib includes the 1st Brigade Combat Team, Special Forces Regiment (Airborne), First Scout Ranger Regiment, Light Reaction Regiment, 5th ID, 7th ID, Armor Division of the Philippine Army.
There will also be live-fire exercises for the use of the rocket system on April 1, using the Multi-Launch Rocket System. Meanwhile, training on firing various rocket and artillery systems using the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems or HIMARS, M119A3 105mm towed howitzer and 81mm and 60mm extended-range mortars has been completed.
The 105mm and 81mm mortars are brazenly used by the AFP to bombard civilian communities in its campaign against the New People's Army.]
https://philippinerevolution.nu/angbayan/pagsasanay-na-salaknib-balikatan-naglalagay-sa-pilipinas-sa-peligro/