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Quiet in The East.(war on terrorism in Southeast Asia)
Byline: Joe Cochrane
As terrorist attacks continue relentlessly in Iraq and Afghanistan, all is relatively quiet on the Eastern front in the global war on terror. "The battle in much of Southeast Asia has been going well," says Ken Conboy, an expert on Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the alleged Southeast Asian terrorist network. Indonesian authorities arrested who they believe to be JI's top two leaders on June 9 in Jakarta. In the southern Philippines, Filipino soldiers--backed by U.S. military advisers--continue to chase the Abu Sayyaf movement through the jungles of Jolo. And authorities in Singapore and Malaysia have improved intelligence-gathering techniques in order to roll up JI-affiliated cells and "de-radicalize" prisoners.
Part of the secret of much of Asia's antiterror success lies in the behind-the-scenes role currently being played by the United States. Consider Indonesia, which has suffered five major terrorist attacks since 2000. Because the majority of the nation's 230 million citizens are Muslim, U.S. support has come ...
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