Philippines

Abu Sayyaf leader Khadaffy Janjalani and Jemaah Islamiyah explosives expert Umar Patek may have been injured in combat operations in Sulu. The Philippine Army is sending an extra battalion of Special Forces to join the fight, and the Navy is patroling the seas. U.S. Special forces are in the region as “advisers.”

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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