| Soldiers captured three suspected members of the Southeast Asian al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah in the southern Philippines, a military source said on Saturday. The three men were arrested late Friday in a village outside Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao province. They are accused of being recruits of Taufiq Rifqi, an Indonesian who is the alleged treasurer of Jamaah Islamiyah in the Philippines, said a military officer. Rifqi was arrested in southern Cotabato city last year. The officer said the three men - Munta Bunggao, Datu Puti Ungka, Sammy Abdulgani - were apprehended at their hideout in the village of Tabiran. He gave no other details. Military spokesman Lt. Col. Daniel Lucero said in Manila he could not immediately confirm the report. |