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Sunday, October 23, 2005

NPA out to kill cop, military execs

By Ding Cervantes, The Philippine Star

President Arroyo’s most trusted police and military officials in Central Luzon and neighboring regions now reportedly top the hit list of the New People’s Army (NPA), and have been ordered killed on or before All Saints’ Day, the Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) said yesterday.

Nolcom quoted "sources" in the underground movement as saying that the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA hierarchy has tapped the National Special Operations Group (SOG) to "liquidate" the unnamed officers of the Armed Forces and the police on or before Nov. 1.

"The elite NPA group was directed to coordinate closely with the Central Luzon SOG composed of seasoned Red fighters to ensure a hundred percent accomplishment of its mission," Nolcom said in a statement.

It added that the CPP-NPA’s national Military Staff Commission has directed its front secretaries in Aurora, Nueva Ecija and Bulacan "to closely monitor and supervise the operation."

Nolcom, however, said military authorities were "not surprised" by the slay plot," adding that it was an offshoot of the "successful combat operations" of Nolcom troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Romeo Tolentino.

Nolcom noted that the men of Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr., commanding general of the Army’s 7th Infantry Division, recently seized vital documents, explosives and firearms from an NPA training camp in San Luis, Aurora.

"As a result of this operation, the channeling of P4.5 million to the NPA movement by a certain Ka Satur for the purchase of explosives to be used in bombing operations in Metro Manila was uncovered," Nolcom said.

Nolcom cited "deep penetration agents" and documents seized from the NPA as indicating that the NPA has been "demoralized" by "internal leadership squabbles brought about by tactical inefficiency, corruption among NPA leaders and sexual perversion, thus leading to defections and tactical blunders."

"Barangay intelligence networks are also actively involved in the collection of information and intelligence operations pertaining to enemy movements through text messaging which have adversely (affected) the NPA’s mobility and overall operations," it added.

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