Filipino soldiers escort a pick-up truck with U.S. troops taking part
in military exercises with Philippine soldiers at the Andrews Air Base
in Zamboanga city February 10, 2002. The exercises call for 160 U.S.
Special Forces to join Filipino counterparts in training patrols on
nearby Basilan island where the Muslim Abu Sayyaf rebels are holding a
U.S. missionary couple and a Filipina nurse hostage. REUTERS/Erik de
Castro

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