NPA strike in ComVal a baptism of fire on the newly-deployed Palparan Battalion; 10th ID-AFP bigger offensives vs. NPA to fail
Daniel Ibarra
Spokesperson
Front 27 Operations Command
NPA-Southern Mindanao
June 7, 2010
The New People's Army Rhyme Petalcorin-Front 27 Operations Command hit twice the operating units of the 10th ID-AFP with sniper fire. Two successive attritive operations by the NPA's Front 27 sniper teams hit the newly-deployed 71st Infantry Battalion-AFP and the 2nd Scout Rangers Battalion (SRB) in Brgy. Panoraon, Maco, Compostela Valley Province on June 3 and in Barangay New Leyte, Maco, Compostela Valley Province on June 6. The June 6 NPA punitive action against the abusive troops inflicted at least two AFP casualties. The AFP retaliated thru indiscriminate aerial bombardment using OV-10 Bronco planes which not only terrorized the civilian populace but also failed to hit its target.
The NPA Front 27's fiery welcome greeted the freshly-deployed Infantry Battalion which arrived May 24 from Central Luzon. The 71st IB-AFP and 2nd SRB troops were part of the massive AFP offensive operations pushed by Maj. Gen. Carlos Holganza and designed as a rescue operation to recover the four prisoners of war arrested by the NPA last month. Maj. General Holganza's ill-advised hardline position on an all-out offensive military operations policy is clearly a failure. The NPA is equally determined to foil this single-minded stupidity of the poor general and to deal him a humiliating blow before he gets relief through an AFP shake-up by the incoming regime.
The NPA Front 27's fiery welcome greeted the freshly-deployed Infantry Battalion which arrived May 24 from Central Luzon. The 71st IB-AFP and 2nd SRB troops were part of the massive AFP offensive operations pushed by Maj. Gen. Carlos Holganza and designed as a rescue operation to recover the four prisoners of war arrested by the NPA last month. Maj. General Holganza's ill-advised hardline position on an all-out offensive military operations policy is clearly a failure. The NPA is equally determined to foil this single-minded stupidity of the poor general and to deal him a humiliating blow before he gets relief through an AFP shake-up by the incoming regime.
