By Ronron
February 26, 2008
Two suspected communist rebels died in an encounter Monday with government troops in Aurora province, a military official said.
Maj. Gen. Rodrigo Maclang of the Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command(NOLCOM) said the clash happened at around 4:30 pm at Sitio Maligaya, Barangay Tabas, Casiguran town.
He said elements of the Philippine Army's 69th Infantry Battalion were patrolling said area when they encountered an undetermined number of suspected members of the New People's Army (NPA).
The clash resulted in the death of two rebels, whose remains were recovered, and the recovery of three M16 rifles and one M14 rifle.
Maclang said pursuit operations were conducted, but no results have been reported yet.
The 5,760-strong NPA has been waging guerilla warfare in the countryside for almost four decades now, although the government intends to neutralize them by 2010 when President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ends her term.
Peace talks between the communists and the Arroyo government bogged down in August 2004 after foreign governments tagged the former as terrorists./DMS
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