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As I've blogged before, the Philippine-based communist terrorists are using landmines despite international condemnation of its use. It was just a matter of time before such devices would end up hurting civilians. Sadly, this has come to pass:

Communist rebels injure civilians with indiscriminate landmine use

At least 15 people were wounded, five of them seriously, when their minibus hit two landmines planted by communist rebels along a highway in the southern province of Surigao del Sur, Monday morning.

The packed vehicle was traveling in Tago town, 830 kilometers southeast of Manila, when it ran over a land mine in the village of Unidos, said police Chief Superintendent Geary Barias.

The New People's Army, who have been waging a protracted war for 37 years, at first said the blast was a "gift to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo," but later apologized on learning the victims were civilians.

When police arrived at the scene, they found a big crater created by the explosion, as well as electrical wires. The policemen followed the trail of the wires, which led them to a group of communist guerrillas waiting in an ambush, Barias said.

Sorry, but your apologies don't mean a thing. Your movement is not supported by the populace, your methods are brutal and merciless, and your inflexibility for change will only marginalize your cause. Go do some real work for a change, and stop extorting people and firms with your revolutionary taxes (a thief by any other name...).