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Govt drops terrorist tag on communist guerrillas by Joyce Pangco Pañares

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Govt drops terrorist tag on communist guerrillas
 

by Joyce Pangco Pañares
THE Aquino administration has dropped all references to “communist terrorists” in its new National Security Policy, a sign it is hopeful about the peace talks with the rebels next year. 

A draft of the 44-page document, a copy of which was shown to the Manila Standard, contains no deadline for eradicating the communist New People’s Army or the Abu Sayyaf bandits.

Instead of “CT” for the “communist-terrorists,” the document now uses “CNN” to refer to the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front-New People’s Army, a convention introduced by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process..... MORE

SourceManila Standard

URL: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideNews.htm?f=2010/december/27/news1.isx&d=2010/december/27

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