Abu Sayyaf Goon Gunned Down

Some good news to brighten up a Sunday morning.

Wanted Abu Sayyaf Rebel Gunned Down

Filipino soldiers killed a suspected Abu Sayyaf militant wanted by Philippine and U.S. authorities for alleged involvement in the 2000 kidnappings of 21 people, including Western tourists, a navy spokesman said Sunday.

U.S. troops have been providing combat training and surveillance assistance to Filipino soldiers trying to wipe out the Abu Sayyaf, a brutal al-Qaida-linked group blacklisted by Washington as a terrorist organization. The group has been blamed for kidnappings, bombings and beheadings.

Abdulmibin Sakandal was killed when he engaged in a gunfight with a marine contingent that attempted to capture him late Saturday in his hide-out in Bongao town in the country's southernmost province of Tawi Tawi, Philippine navy spokesman Lt. Col. Ariel Caculitan said.

''He was to be apprehended but he put up a fight,'' he said.

Sakandal was a brother-in-law of Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khaddafy Janjalani, who was killed by marines during a gunbattle on nearby Jolo island in September last year, Caculitan said.

Sakandal was involved in a string of kidnappings, including the abduction of 21 Asian workers and Western tourists from the Sipadan diving resort in neighboring Malaysia in 2000, he said.

I wonder if Mrs. Clinton is getting any donations from this terror organization?