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JI fugitive Dulmatin’s wife and two sons have been deported back to Java, Indonesia, as the manhunt continues. Peace negotiations between Manila and MILF, which is suspected to coordinate operations with JI in Mindanao, appears to be back on track.

Soldiers arrested the Abu Saffaf terrorist that beheaded U.S. tourist Guillermo Sobero on Basilan. The Army is hunting for five female members of the Jemaah Islamiah on the Island of Jolo.

Philippine security forces killed one Abu Sayyaf terrorist and capture 7 during a raid on a safe house in Mindanao. The armed forces are reorganizing the hunt for Abu Sayyaf leader Khadaffy Janjalani on Jolo. The wife of Jemaah Islamiyah bomb expert Dulmatin will be deported in December.

Abu Sayyaf and MILF are regrouping for attacks next year on commerce, security and infrastructure targets. Philippine security forces discovered “thermos jugs… stuffed with dynamite sticks, nitric acid and rigged with 4-inch nails… and lunch boxes… with similar explosives and ball bearings” during the hunt for Abu Sayyaf on Jolo.

A soldier and terrorist were killed during ongoing fighting in Sulu. Almost 400 kilos of fertilizer for bombs was seized in Zamboanga. Police suspect Abu Sayyaf’s ‘Urban Terrorist Group’ is behind the murder of four policemen.

The Filipino Army is throwing 3 extra battalions, about 1,500 men, into the fight against Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah on Jolo Island. This raises the number to 7,500 troops. JI peratives Dulmatin and Umar Patek have been spotted on Jolo. Dulmatin’s wife will be deported to Indonesia. Four captives escaped from their Muslim kidnappers […]

Security forces are hunting two terrorists believed to be plotting bombings in Manila. The Army seized over 200 kilos of bomb making materials in Zamboanga City. Dulmatin’s wife may be deported to Indonesia.

Another bomb is detonated in a Mindano market, but no one was hurt. A report states Australian SAS, 100 US special forces, including Green Berets, Navy SEALs and CIA counter-terrorism specialists, as well as the armed forces of The Philippines, are in the hunt for the Bali bombers. Australia denies the SAS is involved.

Another bombing occurred in Mindano, after two were detonated yesterday. Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah are the prime suspects. Two Filipino soldiers were killed and 8 wounded during a clash with Abu Sayyaf on Sulu island.