Philippines

The Philippine Congress passed the anti-terror bill, which now must be signed by President Arroyo. Two Abu Sayyaf terrorists and one Ranger were killed in fighting in Jolo. Some rank-and-file members of Abu Sayyaf are beginning to defect due to difficult conditions or “because it was doing un-Islamic things.”

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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