Philippines

Abu Yunos, a commander of Abu Sayyaf, was captured in the southern Philippines. Yunos has admitted to kidnapping and killing American citizens at Dos Palmas. Philippine police seized a large quantity of ammonium nitrate shipped from Jolo island, where the Army is clashing with Abu Sayyaf and JI. Five Marines and an unknown number of terrorists were injured in the latest round of fighting.

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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