Philippine hit-squad killings signal new communist offensive

29 October 1987  Reuters News  English  (c) 1987 Reuters Limited  MANILA, Oct 29, Reuter – Philippine Communist guerrillas appear to have launched a major offensive with the killings of 14 people in two days, political analysts said on Thursday.  For the first time in the 18-year-old Communist insurgency, the victims included U.S. servicemen, two serving…