3 unarmed Marines killed by NPA

[Steeljack]

sad Christmas for the families of these brave Marines...

[SIZE="5"]Communist rebels kill 3 Philippine marines in ambush despite cease-fire, military says[/SIZE]

International Herald Tribune

MANILA, Philippines: Communist guerrillas killed three unarmed Philippine marines who were on their way to a market Sunday as a 22-day Christmas cease-fire began, military officials said.

Military officials condemned the attack on the marines, who they said were in civilian clothes, by about 20 New People's Army guerrillas near a farming village in the southwestern province of Palawan, about 360 kilometers (223 miles) south of Manila.

Troops had been ordered to hunt down the attackers, the military officials said.

"This is an inhuman act," Lt. Col. Jacinto de Vera, spokesman for the military's Western Command in Palawan, told ABS-CBN TV network.

De Vera said the three marines, who were riding in a jeep when attacked, were not carrying firearms in observance of a Christmas-season cease-fire that the government had unilaterally imposed and that began early Sunday.

They had planned to get food at a village market, stop at a church to pray and then pick up construction materials elsewhere to repair their rural outpost, de Vera said.

A military hunt for the attackers would not violate the Dec. 16-Jan. 6 cease-fire, which allows government troops to defensively respond to rebel attacks, he said.

The rebels did not immediately issue a public reaction to the military's accusations.

[safeorigin]

guerilla tactics. tsk tsk tsk. send in some black ops commandos already!!!

[jonski]

Nasan mga Human rights group? Nasan yung mga madalas mag rally?

[safeorigin]

it's not a matter of human rights, just plain simple rules of engagement. saka yung mga nagrally recently sa edsa e mga nanghihingi ng 1 million na aguinaldo.

[Isuzoom]

mga hayuf....

[Horsepower]

Blame it to the stupid government.

I mean, if people up there are actually using their heads, why would they trust communists?

These are lawless people. Bandits. They should be crushed anytime of the year, just because it's Christmas, it doesn't mean they'll suddenly turn jolly and friendly.

Seriously, what kind of freaking people are there in this government???