On August 28 2014 Al Qaeda-linked Al Nusrah Front militants encircled UN peacekeepers from the Philippine army’s 81st Infantry division under the command of Col. Ezra Enriquez. The militants demanded the Filipinos to surrender. Enriquez’s force of 40 troops responded with a hail of bullets. A seven-hour gunfight with the militants ensued. Under cover of darkness the Filipinos exfiltrated to safety. All Filipino troops under Enriquez's command returned safe.
Allegedly, Indian army general Iqbal Singh Singha, in command of the UN Golan Heights garrison ordered Enriquez and his men to surrender, out of concern that militants might harm the Fijians peacekeepers who had already been taken hostage. Enriquez—not keen on surrendering his men to an Al Qaeda affiliate and giving the rebels more prisoners—disobeyed the order.
More here: http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/09/02/1364598/un-official-quits-after-filipinos-golan-escape
Allegedly, Indian army general Iqbal Singh Singha, in command of the UN Golan Heights garrison ordered Enriquez and his men to surrender, out of concern that militants might harm the Fijians peacekeepers who had already been taken hostage. Enriquez—not keen on surrendering his men to an Al Qaeda affiliate and giving the rebels more prisoners—disobeyed the order.
More here: http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/09/02/1364598/un-official-quits-after-filipinos-golan-escape
