The Philippines is a strong economic, political, military ally and a close partner of the US in the global war on terrorism. The Al Qaeda; US’s major threat has its grab in the South East Asia along with the partner Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).

More than 30 years after ‘Year Zero’ and more than a decade after the ‘return to democracy,’ Cambodia remains in a league of its own – corrupt, miserable, and ruthless.