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Security forces captured Aramil Sulayman, one of the Abu Sayyaf terrorists behind the beheading of Marines, in Central Mindanao. The Supreme Court denied the request of the Anti-Terrorism Council for the creation of special courts to handle and prosecute cases related to terrorism.

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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