Reinforcing AFP troops also made sure to hide the fatalities, a standard operating procedure for the fascist troops as it downplays casualties in the field. The successful military action by the Red fighters contradicts earlier claims by Major Jacob Thaddeus Obligado, chief of the 10th Infantry Division’s Civil Military Operation Battalion who bragged about growing NPA losses.
Pinabulaanan ng dalawang matatagumpay na taktikal na opensibang ito ang naunang pagmamayabang ni Maj. Jacob Thaddeus Obligado, hepe ng 10th ID Civil Military Operations Battalion na dumadami umano ang mga kabiguan ng BHB. Ipinagmamayabang ng nasabing upisyal-militar na noong 2011 ay tinatayang umabot na sa 315 rebelde ang nanyutralisa raw ng militar kahit nabunyag sa mamamayan ang pwersahang pagpapasuko ng mga sibilyan at mga dating kasapi ng BHB.