MERGED: CPP-NPA-NDF Discussions (Issues, Updates, etc.)

[baron]

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The news makes me sick.

Why does the NPA have to do that? It only justifies the reason why the government has decided to eradicate such group. They have stated that they are doing this for the people, and yet they do not think that the people in need at Mt. Mayon area would suffer when they attack the military men assigned to help the evacuees in the area. Acts would show whether what one says is really what they really meant.

The big difference is that our soldiers are really there to provide protection and safety to the people. On the other end, NPAs are there just to terrorize the people.

[heavenearth]

Is anyone paying revolutionary taxes?
INSIDE CEBU By Bobit S. Avila
The Philippine Star

Exactly a week ago we wrote about the concerns of many Globe subscribers about the firm‘s "unprotected" cell sites, two of which have been bombed recently by suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) — one in Tagbilaran City, Bohol and another in Danao City, Cebu. Last Tuesday, when the article written by Paolo Romero entitled "GMA orders tighter security on telecom cell sites" came out, I said to myself that now we can heave a sigh of relief that finally, the Arroyo administration is doing something to help secure the telecommunication towers of Globe Telecom.

However, reading the report in its entirety sparked a lot of curiosity in me. Let me quote the end of the report, "Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said authorities are looking into reports that Globe may have been refusing to pay "revolutionary taxes" to the NPA that is why its towers are being bombed." I got a lot of comments through text as to why only the towers of Globe Telecom are being bombed by the terrorists? Why aren’t the other cell sites threatened as well?

Again, let me reprint the portion of the letter emailed to me about this issue, which we wrote last week "Globe Telecom is known to have refused this "solicitation" from the NPA and because of their "intransigence" they now suffer the wrath of the NPA. But can we blame them? Tell me how to book a multi-million annual tax payment to an illegitimate receiver and get away with it. Or is publicly-listed Globe so naive to fall victim to bonafide extortionists?"

If you ask me, if an investigation is to be conducted, it should focus on finding out whether the other players in the telecoms industry have encountered, or to put it quite bluntly "paid" revolutionary taxes to the NPA, which is why none of their cell sites were attacked, bombed or strafed? Come now, is anyone out there paying revolutionary taxes?

I submit that we’re dealing with conjectures when we say that the cell sites of the other telecom companies were untouched because they paid the NPA, but given the intensity or the "dog-eat-dog" ferocity of the telecom wars, who knows if someone within the those organizations have just taken advantage of such a golden opportunity? By this, I mean that when a competitor’s cell site is down, it means that only the cell sites of the other players in the industry can be used! This is not to mention the huge business losses suffered by the company with a dead cell site.

Hence, there is a need for an investigation, not by the Department of Justice, but perhaps by military intelligence. If the allegations are true that a telecom firm paid the NPA revolutionary taxes in order to protect its cell sites or so that competitors will have their sites blown out by the rebels, then it is time to expose the truth because it means that the money the are giving strengthens the NPA and in a way help kill innocent civilians or soldiers in the field.

Finally, let me reiterate once again that none of the militant organizations and their friends who belong to party list groups in Congress has openly denounced this recent spate of terrorist act done by the NPA. Yet Congress gets bogged down into useless argument on the simple question of "who is a terrorist?" In my book, a terrorist is one who kills or maims innocent people for any cause, legitimate or otherwise. The NPA is one of them!

[grabehbebe]

Ay sinabi mo pa...this rebels only thinks of themselves and their freaking principles. Sinasabe nila ang pinaglalaban nila ay karapatang pantao and yet sila mismo ang lumalabag nito. Anu ba yun?!

I agree on the Officials when they said that these rebels are showing their true color. Unti unti na nilang inilalabas ang tunay na pakay nila para sa Pilipinas...

Article: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?...s01_aug11_2006

[jLcdD]

I think they pay in terms of goods.... giving the NPAs free airtime perhaps....he he he... If really the goverment is sincere in going after those NPAs, why not track them using scanners or even the mobile companys tracking device.

[iloveyou4ever]

Yes they do. Otherwise, these terrorist will bomb their cel sites.

[grabehbebe]

Finish off terrorists, GMA tells troops in Jolo

INDANAN, Sulu — Armed Forces chief Lt. Gen. Hermogenes Esperon said here yesterday President Arroyo has ordered government forces to finish off al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf terrorists and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants now holed up in their lairs in Mindanao.

Esperon relayed the President’s marching orders during visits to troops in Bud Dahu here and in Bunbun in Patikul, also in Sulu.

The President also lauded government troops pursuing leaders of the Abu Sayyaf Group in the wake of a fresh offensive called "Oplan Ultimatum," which seeks to neutralize Sayyaf chieftain Khadaffy Janjalani and top JI militants Dulmatin, who goes by one name, and Umar Patek.

Dulmatin and Patek are widely believed to be the masterminds behind the deadly bombings in the resort island of Bali in Indonesia in October 2002 in which over 200 people, most of them foreign tourists, were killed.

"Our Commander-in-Chief (has given orders) to relentlessly pursue the terrorists until they are neutralized," Esperon said, adding the President was in constant contact with top military officials for updates on the campaign against the Abu Sayyaf and the JI.

He said they believe Janjalani, Dulmatin and Patek have not slipped out of Sulu.

"We are trying our best to get them," Esperon said, adding troops are watching other possible landing points in the island-province as the wanted terrorists’ escape route.

The military was also confirming reports that Abu Sayyaf leader Albader Parad has been killed when combined Marines and Army troops assaulted their camp on Hill Tubura.

at:http://www.philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200608150406.htm

[MADAGASCAR]

hope our government will investigate this matter. Its a serious problem that needs action.

[istoryador]

Government is losing the battle of hearts and minds to the npa.

People saw the AFP as the human rights violators.

http://newsinfo.inq7.net/inquirerhea...ticle_id=15477

[pandisal]

Government is losing the battle of hearts and minds to the npa.

People saw the AFP as the human rights violators.

http://newsinfo.inq7.net/inquirerhea...ticle_id=15477

and whose fault is that? being near in the innocent villager can cause them to be on the crossfire... NPA should be outside or far from the civilian population so no encounter w/ the goverment will cause a civilian life...

oh on the same news....

http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnew...ticle_id=15430

Suspected NPA torch cargo truck of ex-comrades

... ATC president Norma Mugar lamented the torching of their Toyota Commando truck, calling the vehicle their "concrete link" to marginal banana growers.

Mugar appealed to priest-turned rebel Frank Fernandez, said to head the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on Negros Island, saying: "Please have pity on them (banana growers), especially in these times of economic crisis."...

[jojo_mouth2]

That's not my point. I'm not trying to extend the chain of problem here. What i'm trying to say is that "War is not a solution to a problem but rather another problem added to a chain". Why? Because even if we can eradicate all the communist rebels in our society, do you think another rebellious mind of generation would not rise to a government favorable only to a wealthy class of our society where injustice always prevails. I guess we all knew that. Some of them are farmers being abused and deprived of their rights by a wealthy individuals and even government officials blinded by their greedy ambitions. Now, wouldn't it be nice to think that communism is much better than what they are experiencing right now? I'm not a communist in my part i'm just telling what i think is their grief and the reason why they became rebels. If the government would only listen to them, let them experience that government is really for the people regardless of their status in the society, where government theives are being eradicated, just and humane society will always prevail. I don't think there's still reason that they will think of rebellion.

listen to thier grief?? well look at bayan muna representative and other red flag carriers (anak pawis/ grabriela etc) that are now in congress, unsa man kaayo ilang nabuhat? dugang lang na sila sa problema, puro reklamo, nya possible pa na ang pork barrel nila gigamit lang nila sa mga rallies or worst to support their comrads in the mountains!! hay nganong naa pa may nibotar aning mga red flag carriers!!!