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Three soldiers killed, 9 wounded as Philippine troops battle communist rebels.
(From AP Worldstream)
Byline: HRVOJE HRANJSKI
Communist rebels dealt fresh blows to the Philippine military, killing three soldiers and wounding nine after a weekend of deadly ambushes, and prompting the government on Tuesday to order stepped up counterinsurgency combat.
Maj. Bartolome Bacarro said troops on Monday encountered "50 black fatigue-clad armed communist terrorists" in Tiaong town in Quezon province, 90 kilometers (56 miles) southeast of Manila, and engaged them in a firefight that left three soldiers dead and nine wounded. There were no reports of rebel casualties.
On Tuesday, about 14 communist guerrillas attacked a cellular phone transmission tower in the same province. A guard was unharmed and the Globe Telecom site in Sampaloc town was only slightly damaged, Bacarro said.
Similar attacks in the past have been linked to companies' refusal to heed rebel demands for "revolutionary taxes."
The latest confrontations followed the bloodiest rebel attack this year that killed nine troops and wounded 25 on Saturday in central Iloilo province, the day before the New People's Army rebels shot dead one police officer and wounded three in Tiaong.
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