Groups Blame Killings on Military�s ‘Oplan Bantay Laya’

Of the 603 victims of political killings in the last five years, many were felled by motorcycle-riding assasins. The Armed Forces of the Philippines claims a �purge� within the revolutionary movement is to be blamed. But human-rights groups point to death squads formed under “Oplan Bantay Laya,” the Arroyo government�s counterinsurgency program. Read Bulatlat’s report.