The number of foreign terror suspects operating in the Philippines has dropped from 28 last December to 25 this year, the local television network GMA News reported on Sunday.
The TV report quoted the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr as saying that two Jordanians and an Indonesian terror suspects were arrested in February.
The Jordanians were arrested in Manila and have been linked to planned bombings of foreign embassies in Metro Manila. Both were deported by the Bureau of Immigration for being illegal aliens, he said.
Indonesian Mohamad Baehaqi was arrested by military operatives in a safe house and was charged before a court for possessing illegally explosives.
Esperon also said continuous anti-terrorism efforts by the government have weakened Abu Sayyaf, a rebel group operating in southern Philippines.
"On the Abu Sayyaf, we have reduced their strength by six percent or a total of 23 from their 2007 year-end strength of 383," the report quoted Esperon as saying.
Source:Xinhua
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