Manila, May 1 -- A ranking official of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Friday said the US Embassy in Manila's security alert warning its citizens against the dangers posed by the New People's Army (NPA) is a recognition that Americans are drawn into violence by organizations linked to the communist insurgents.

"This is perhaps the first direct and explicit recognition by the United States government that its own citizens are being drawn into violence by organizations linked to the CPP-NPA-NDF (Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front)," NTF-ELCAC executive director Undersecretary Ernesto Torres Jr. said in a statement.

The US Embassy in Manila's security ...