Philippines

The US is asking MILF to help in the hunt for Abu Sayyaf. The Philippine military and US are set to begin a two week long military exercise in Mindanao, the scene of recent bombings by Abu Sayyaf.

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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