Phillipines: Successful war against Islamic terrorists

The Philippines: America’s Other War On Terrorism(McClatchy Newspapers (mcclatchydc.com))…Warren P. Strobel, McClatchy Newspapers, Oct 22, 2008.

…On a Southeast Asian front that’s vital yet largely unfamiliar to most Americans, some 500 U.S. Special Operations Forces and their Filipino counterparts have been fighting a different, unconventional — and seemingly successful — war against Islamic terrorist groups with links to Osama bin Laden’s al Qaida.

The lessons of this relatively low-budget effort could be invaluable as the next U.S. president assumes the task of fighting Islamic extremism with a federal Treasury drained by the nation’s economic woes and the Army and Marine Corps strained by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.