"They Are Very Scary"

Abu Sayyaf, a terrorist organization in the Philippines, isn't shy about owning up to its dirty work. "We did it!" spokesman Abu Sulaiman crowed to a local radio station a few hours after a bomb on a ferry killed more than 100 passengers last February. At the time, Philippine officials scoffed at the claim because they didn't think the group had the ability to pull off such a deadly attack. (It wasn't until eight months later that the authorities acknowledged that Abu Sayyaf was indeed responsible.) Sulaiman didn't want to be taken so lightly last week. On Valentine's Day, after two...