NPA vs Military in Tiaong

**likot** · November 27th, 2005 01:57 AM

di kami natuloy umuwi sa quezon last friday dahil jan....

**imprezawrxsti** · November 27th, 2005 10:27 AM

Minsan kawawa itong mga NPA regulars na ito....ginagamit na lang sila ng mga pinuno nila, I wonder kung nalalaman nila ito at hindi sila makapagisip ng ibang alternatives..Yong IRA ng Ireland nagbaba na ng armas para sa non violence na pakikibaka. At alam ng mga pinuno ng mga rebs na ito na walang mangyayari sa patayan ng kapwa pilipino pero pilit pa rin nilang iginigiit ang ganitong pakikipagsapalaran..at yan ay stupidity at selfishness...

**marlon22701** · November 27th, 2005 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by wildthing

On the truck, they also found 3 or 4 buckets of various bullets for the 50 and 60 caliber guns and some homemade landmines.

For clarification......you must be referring to an M60 (7.62mm x 51 cal. machine gun) - yung gamit ni Rambo sa First Blood when he sprayed bullets at the Sheriff's office.....there's no way they (neps) can get a 60 cal. gun....it's used in naval turrets in navy cruisers & some warships...so you can just imaine the sheer size of this gun....

.....there is a 50 cal. machine gun, the Browning M2...the one we usually see on top of the tank's turrets and on top of Humvees....but its very heavy and cannot be fired on the shoulder's or standing up w/o a tripod attached...the tremendous recoil will knock him off.....am thinkig they (neps) never got to actually fire this gun since it will take time to set up & in an actual gunfight every second counts....

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but what is really more surprising is that there are still some people who join them despite their reputation and the saddest part is that even college students from prominent universities are joining up for a wrong cause.....

**van_wilder** · November 27th, 2005 05:06 PM

actually wrong move yun sa milf... kasi pwede idaan yun sa peace terms... pero yun sa npa... dapat icarpet bombing na yan para ubos... sorry na lang yun tamaaan... kung mapapatay ba yun leader nila in exile mawawala na kaya sila?

**oldblue** · November 27th, 2005 05:12 PM

I like to think that the NPA is not that all bad. kung wala sila, dadami lalo ang military abuses sa countryside. kung wala naman militar, wala naman tatakbuhan ang mga matitinong landlords and legitimate businesses. so parang balance of the force lang yan.

sa US din naman may ganyan, militia ang tawag. every other country has insurgents na-create na din sa pag-aabuso ng either group.

**BoEinG_747** · November 27th, 2005 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by marlon22701

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but what is really more surprising is that there are still some people who join them despite their reputation and the saddest part is that even college students from prominent universities are joining up for a wrong cause.....

di ba majority naman nito ay sa school nag sisimula sa pagiging aktibista sa school nila (PUP karamihan yata kaya na raid dati ..pati si Prudente)..may mga naging school mate din ako na member ng LFS (League of Filipino Students) naging NPA na yata kasi ,naka ilang years lang sa college then last time nag kita kami sa bundok na daw sia nakatira

**wildthing** · November 28th, 2005 06:15 AM

Originally Posted by marlon22701

For clarification......you must be referring to an M60 (7.62mm x 51 cal. machine gun) - yung gamit ni Rambo sa First Blood when he sprayed bullets at the Sheriff's office.....there's no way they (neps) can get a 60 cal. gun....it's used in naval turrets in navy cruisers & some warships...so you can just imaine the sheer size of this gun....

.....there is a 50 cal. machine gun, the Browning M2...the one we usually see on top of the tank's turrets and on top of Humvees....but its very heavy and cannot be fired on the shoulder's or standing up w/o a tripod attached...the tremendous recoil will knock him off.....am thinkig they (neps) never got to actually fire this gun since it will take time to set up & in an actual gunfight every second counts....

I could not agree nor disagree with you sir, kasi ang nagk-account nito was the real eyewithness (not on the fire fight)...he arrived on the scene about 5 mins after the fire fight....he was formerly a philippine military and he knows the stuff - what he saw on the basyo ng spent bullet that was nakakalat were those calibers as well as the bucket full ng bala of various calibers as mentioned.

You may be aware too na ang mga NPA ay mayroon foreign funding, local kikil-funding (NPA Tax) and get/buys their wares on the black market, local military market (di ba nga mga hunghang na military rin ang nabebenta sa kanila ng ibang armas) and the raids they do sa mga military detachments from time to time.