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Soldiers escort Mokasid Dilna, (C) one of the two arrested Filipino Islamic militants to a press conference at the military headquarters in Manila on February 12, 2009. Mokasid helped funnel funds to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) bomb experts hiding out in the southern Philippines the government's Anti-Terrorism Council said. Mokasid and Omar Venancio (at right in backbround) were arrested in separate raids in Mindanao island last month. Mokasid is the leader of a Muslim gang called Al-Khobar which is known to have ties to the JI and who have been linked to a rash of bomb attacks on Mindanao bus companies extoring money. AFP PHOTO/ROMEO GACAD (Photo credit should read ROMEO GACAD/AFP/Getty Images)