Thinning the Ranks

It hasn't gotten much coverage, but some top Islamist terror leaders have been terminated recently.

Last week, Fate caught up to Chechnya's Maskhadov, who was wanted in connection with the Beslan school massacre. (Basayev, the other top leader, is still at large however.)

And now also in the Phillipines, the Abu Sayyef leaders "Kosovo" and "Commander Robot" have received their just rewards.

The ranks keep thinning, inexorably.