February 20, 2007

Updating strategies

Philippine and US forces have begun preparing a joint response on maritime security threats as part of joint military exercises. The four-day maritime exercise would cover how to deal with terrorists moving by boat, bomb threats to passenger ferries, attacks on oil fields, intercepting boats with illegal drugs and piracy. Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants are known to operate in Mindanao, using it as a jump-off point for launching cross-border raids into neighboring Malaysia and Indonesia.

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