Enemy troops hit in NPA back-to-back offensives as AFP all-out war rampage
Southern Mindanao countrysideRigoberto F. Sanchez
Spokesperson
Regional Operations Command
Southern Mindanao
New People's Army
16 February 2017Three tactical offensives were launched almost simultaneously
by NPA units around the region on February 14, even as the warmongering 10ID
set loose virtually all of its combat troops in a fascist rampage in the
hinterlands of Southern Mindanao.A company of Red fighters belonging to the
ComVal–Davao Gulf Sub-Regional Operations Command successfully fended off the
combat operations of the 28IB in Lupon, Davao Oriental when it struck the
enemy’s scout platoon at around 8:00 in the morning in Brgy. New Visayas. Five
AFP troopers were confirmed killed while several others were wounded.A few
hours later, in a mobile checkpoint mounted by another company in Brgy. Don
Mariano Marcos of the same town, two active members of the 72nd IB-CAFGU were
captured at a national highway at around 11:00 in the morning. Rene Doller, 34,
and Carl Mark Nucos, 24, both of the 72IB CAFGU were taken as prisoners-of-war.
Their .45-caliber pistol was also confiscated. They are being treated leniently
and investigated for their possible crimes against the people and the
revolutionary movement and involvement in their unit’s counterinsurgency
operations.Meanwhile, in Bukidnon province, the joint operation mounted by 72nd
CAFGU and paramilitary Alamara was hit by Red fighters under the Davao
City–Bukidnon Sub-Regional Operations Command at around 9:00 in the morning in
Brgy. Matupi, Kitaotao.Presently, the 10ID has forward deployed almost all of
its combat troops in at least 26 towns in all the provinces of Southern
Mindanao. It foolishly believes that unleashing fascist war against the
revolutionary forces—even an all-out one—can accomplish what all the other
internal and security plans in the past have failed to do. Spread thin and
wide, however, its isolated troops only become vulnerable targets of military
actions by the NPA in guerilla bases and zones where the masses loathe the AFP
and want them punished for their numerous crimes against the people.Amidst
these relentless attacks, the NPA continues to defend the people by ensuring
that their the insidious Oplan Kapayapaan’s civil-military and combat
operations are made accountable for terrorizing peasants, Lumads and the
masses. Around the country, bigger and more coordinated NPA units are launching
heavy blows against AFP troops carrying out its bullheaded and costly all-out
war at a time when the masses demand economic relief and for the peace process
to be given a chance.
