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40 Filipino pieacekeepers are battling heavily armed Syrian rebels who are
trying to overran UN encampment on the Golan Heights, Defense Secretary
VOLTAIRE GAzmin says yesterday.
They have high morale Gazmin told reporters, referring to the group of
Filipino peacekeepers defending Area Position 68 of the United Nations
Disengagement Observer Force (Undof) on the Golan Heights
gazmin said the rebels attacked Area Position 68, about 4 kilometers from
Area 69, after noon but was repulsed by the Filipinos
Palace spokeswoman Abigail Valte said on the government-run Radyo ng
Bayan that even without having to take the challenge thrown by Netizens for
the President and Cabinet members to try using the MRT themselves,
government officials were cognizant of the problems hounding the MRT.
The fire fight was going on bet ween the Filipino peacekeepers and the rebels
as of 5 p.m. in Manila
gazmine said the filipinos had reported no casualties. He praised the
elite troops’ courage and “high morale”.
A military officiasl who asked not to be identify said the filipino troops manning
Area Positions 68 and 69 belonged to the Philippine
Army’s elite Scout Rangers and Special Forces
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer