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His administration also initiated peace talks with the communist New People's Army (NPA), leading to an undeclared ceasefire between the rebels and government forces.
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But the Philippine government ridicules the notion that the New People's Army, estimated by the armed forces to number about 11, 000, could ever take power by force of arms.
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Ask a Filipino officer which group poses the gravest security threat and the answer is probably the communist New People's Army, which has been fighting across much of the Philippines since 1969.
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