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                    [Title] => 'Where are 20,000 NPA rebs?'
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Military and defense department officials said the New People's Army (NPA)'s strength has dwindled from 20,000 in the late 1980s to 5,000 guerrillas in 1995, but Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile doubts these figures.

During yesterday's hearing of the Senate committee on national defense and

security, Enrile gave the third degree to National Security Adviser Alexander Aguirre and Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado along with ranking military officials.

"Where are the 20,000 NPA rebels," Enrile asked them. "Were they hit by a cholera epidemic? [DatePublished] => 2000-03-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

ALEXANDER AGUIRRE AND DEFENSE SECRETARY ORLANDO MERCADO
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                    [Title] => 'Where are 20,000 NPA rebs?'
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Military and defense department officials said the New People's Army (NPA)'s strength has dwindled from 20,000 in the late 1980s to 5,000 guerrillas in 1995, but Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile doubts these figures.

During yesterday's hearing of the Senate committee on national defense and

security, Enrile gave the third degree to National Security Adviser Alexander Aguirre and Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado along with ranking military officials.

"Where are the 20,000 NPA rebels," Enrile asked them. "Were they hit by a cholera epidemic? [DatePublished] => 2000-03-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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