In June Arroyo called for “all-out war” against the communists and set aside
an extra P 1 billion (about $20 million) for counterinsurgency operations. She
vowed to crush the 37-year-old rebellion and force the communists to abandon
their strongholds on Luzon by 2008. Hermogenes Esperon, Jr., named armed
forces chief of staff in July, targeted a “decisive downgrading” of the CPP-NPA
from its current 7,000 armed combatants to 4,000 by the end of Arroyo’s term.
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Since the beginning of 2006, there have been intensified military operations
in communist bases as well as an unprecedented rise in the number of killings
of leftist activists working for aboveground organizations. In a scathing report
released in August, Amnesty International noted a “pattern of politically tar-
geted extrajudicial executions taking place within the broader context of a continuing
counter-insurgency campaign.” It noted that at least 51 political killings
took place in the first half of 2006, compared to 66 recorded in the whole of
2005.
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The report asked whether the intensified anti-communist operations were
not so much a response to an immediate national security threat as an effort to
In June Arroyo called for “all-out war” against the communists and set asidean extra P 1 billion (about $20 million) for counterinsurgency operations. Shevowed to crush the 37-year-old rebellion and force the communists to abandontheir strongholds on Luzon by 2008. Hermogenes Esperon, Jr., named armedforces chief of staff in July, targeted a “decisive downgrading” of the CPP-NPAfrom its current 7,000 armed combatants to 4,000 by the end of Arroyo’s term.8Since the beginning of 2006, there have been intensified military operationsin communist bases as well as an unprecedented rise in the number of killingsof leftist activists working for aboveground organizations. In a scathing reportreleased in August, Amnesty International noted a “pattern of politically tar-geted extrajudicial executions taking place within the broader context of a continuingcounter-insurgency campaign.” It noted that at least 51 political killingstook place in the first half of 2006, compared to 66 recorded in the whole of2005.9The report asked whether the intensified anti-communist operations werenot so much a response to an immediate national security threat as an effort to
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