An American soldier checks his location using a Global Positioning
System (GPS) instrument in the Upper Mahayahay hills near the Abu
sayyaf lair on Basilan island February 18, 2002 in the southern
Philippines. US Special Forces made a foray on Monday into the remote
hills where the Muslim guerillas they are targetting are based, but did
not see any. REUTERS/Erik de Castro

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