By Jay F. Marks, The Daily Oklahoman Jul. 21--A handful of the world's leading experts on terrorism are putting their heads together in Oklahoma City.

MACTAN ISLAND, Philippines (Reuters) - Barriers to regional cooperation and gaps in approaches to fighting Islamic militancy have serious implications for global efforts to defeat terrorism, security experts said on Saturday.

By Manny Mogato MACTAN ISLAND, Philippines (Reuters) - The Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia must act jointly against the regional militant network Jemaah Islamiah (JI) to dismantle its camps and limit its movements, a security expert said on Friday.

Al-Qaida-linked groups are training and recruiting militants to carry out suicide attacks that have become Osama bin Laden's "greatest achievement" as his brand of extremist Islam spreads around the world, a terrorism expert said Wednesday.

The United States is less vulnerable to terrorism today because of heightened vigilance but must improve its international relations in order to starve terrorist groups of new recruits, experts said Wednesday. Scholars on terrorism and al-Qaida told the independent commission studying the Sept.