Government soldiers rest under an armoured vehicle during a lull in their operation against the Muslim rebels in Zamboanga city, in southern Philippines September 11, 2013. Moro National Liberation Front gunmen, seeking to declare an independent state, put a dozen civilians tied together on display as a human shield on Wednesday as a standoff with security forces here entered its third day.
REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT POLITICS)