Bureau of Jail Management and Penology personnel lead the six Abu Sayyaf who were convicted to death through lethal injection upon their arrival from...
Ryan Vergara, plays on the swing with his playmates 03 May 2000. Ryan's two sisters Chary and Cristie Vergara were taken hostage by Abu Sayyaf Muslim...
Antonina Mendoza joined by her children displays photographs of her two abducted daughters Annabel Mendoza a teacher, and Romela Mendoza a student in...
Young Filipino Muslim children on their way to a nearby Madrasah Islalmic school walk on a newly upgraded road in Tipo-Tipo town, Basilan island 15...
An overloaded passenger jeep pass by US Navy engineers upgrading roads in Lamitan town in Basilan island Philippines 06 June 2002. Residents of...
Young Muslim resident looks at the devastation from the skeleton of his bicycle following a three-hour pre-dawn blaze which left more than 600...
Group of Muslim women wait for the arrival of President Gloria Arroyo visit in Isabela the captial of Basilan island 31 May 2002. The minority...
Muslim residents of Tipo-Tipo town in Basilan island reads reward leaflets, 15 June 2002, bearing the US government offer as much as 5 million USD...
British Ambassador Paul Dimond admires a "kris" a traditional sword of Filipino Muslim tribes given as gift by Maluso town Mayor Sakib Salajin after...
Large crowd of Muslim villagers watch an inauguration ceremony while combined US Special Forces and Philippine soldiers provide security during the...
Muslim villagers enjoy the fruit lanzone in the village of Maluso, in Basilan island, 18 August 2002. The month of August marks the season of exotic...
Army troops seek cover in a foxhole during a firefight with Abu Sayyaf Muslim guerrillas who seized a Roman Catholic cathedral and a private hospital...
Muslim family living in a shanty house gather by the window in Isabela, capital of Basilan island 14 June 2001. Residents worry about their safety...
Father Rene Enriquez tells a Philippine Senate hearing in Manila, 06 September 2001, of how he was tied up by the Abu Sayyaf Muslim kidnapping group...
Berzam and Michael Abellon, two farmworkers who escaped from the Abu Sayyaf Muslim guerrilla group arrive at an army base in Isabela City 12 Ocotber...
Army reinforcements arrive in the southern Philippine island of Basilan 08 October 2001 where clashes with Muslim Abu Sayyaf guerrillas left dozens...
Philippine marines fire away mortar shells to an Abu Sayyaf rebel position in the town of Sumisip in the southern Basilan island 27 August 2001....
Berzam,Zalde Benasing and Michael Abellon,the three farmworkers who escaped from the Abu Sayyaf Muslim guerrilla group arrive at an army base in...
Freed kidnapped teacher Winifer Selorio is taken to a hospital after she was released by Muslim guerrillas 22 March 2000 on the southern Philippine...
Picture dated 23 March 2000, shows a group of hostaged school children gathered in a Muslim extremist guerrillas hideout in southern Basilan island....
Family of Muslim evacuees seek shelter in a mosque in Canibungan village, a stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf extremist rebels, as the military pour in...
Mourning relatives place a white shroud over the head of slain village militia leader Kairan Kandiling as they clean his bullet riddled body before...
Two representatives from the US Special Forces join Philippine Army troops' formation as they witness President Gloria Arroyo's flag raising ceremony...
Group of US Special Forces stand in formation in front of a Philippine flag during a flag raising ceremony led by President Gloria Arroyo in the war...
Group of US Special Forces stand in formation as Philippine President Gloria Arroyo leaves the Lamitan town hall in Basilan island after the flag...
President Gloria Arroyo leads the oath to the flag following the flag raising in the war ravaged Lamitan town, in Basilan island 12 June 2002 to mark...
President Gloria Arroyo assisted by cabinet and local officials leads the flag raising in the war ravaged Lamitan town, in Basilan island 12 June...
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo announces a mass arrest of suspected supporters of the Abu Sayaf kidnappers in the southern Basilan Island during...
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo with Father Cirilo Nacorda inspect the damage to St' Peter's Church in Lamitan in the southern island of Basilan,...
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo comforts, 18 June 2001, Tarsila Malonzo, mother of a nurse who was kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf Muslim guerrillas when...
Philippines President Gloria Arroyo , 18 June 2001, meets with Father Cirilo Nacorda and Doctor Danny Cowley , two residents of the town of Lamitan...
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and Father Cirilo Nacorda walk past St Peter's Church during a visit to the town of Lamitan in the southern island...
Child holds her father's hand as he and other police commandoes in Manila on June 28 prepare to be deployed to the southern Philippine island of...
Philippine senator Ramon Magsaysay Jr. Is being briefed by US Navy engineers in Maluso town in Basilan province 15 May2002. Philippine military...
Father Cirilo Nacorda tells senators he is presenting witnesses, 06 September 2001, in Manila who will bolster his accusation that there was...
Kidnapped children play with an automatic rifle while a Muslim rebel at wears a ski mask to protect his identity at the kidnappers' hideout in the...
Sympathizers pay their last respects to Roman Catholic priest, Father Roel Gallardo, 06 May 2000 in Zamboanga, who was allegedly killed by Abu Sayyaf...
Filipino Roman Catholic priest Roel Gallardo, seen here 23 March 2000 at the hideout of the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf in southern Basilan...
Roman Catholic priests gather around the coffin bearing the remains of slain Abu Sayyaf hostage, Ediborah Yap during a memorial mass attended by...
An office employee in Manila reads a local newspaper carrying a front page photograph of a top-secret aerial photo of an alleged Abu Sayyaf rebel...
Filipino Muslim student displays the US flag during the inauguration of the newly constructed Maluso port in the violence rocked Basilan island 01...
Villager carrying some goods walks past members of the US Special Forces deployed as security for the public inauguration of a bridge in Maluso town,...
Convoy of Philippine Marines escorted by an armored vehicle make its way to a military base in the town of Lamitan in Basilan island, the southern...
Battalion of Marines arrive at the southern Philippine island of Basilan 04 August 2007, scouting the area where Muslim extremists killed 14...
Battalion of Philippine Marines embark on a ship to be deployed to the southern island of Basilan in Manila, 01 August 2007 where troops are building...
Battalion of Phillipine Marines arrive at the southern Philippine island of Basilan 04 August 2007, scouting the area where Muslim extremists killed...
Battalion of Phillipine Marines arrive at the southern Philippine island of Basilan 04 August 2007, scouting the area where Muslim extremists killed...
Battalion of Philippine Marines embark on a ship to be deployed to the southern island of Basilan in Manila, 01 August 2007 where troops are building...
Marine soldiers wearing jungle camouflage, heads out of the camp patrol to conduct separate patrol from Filipino troops in camp Johnson Jaduli in...
Marine soldier holds a machine gun as he prepares for patrol duty around Camp Johnson Jadjuli, a US Navy camp in Maluso town, Basilan island, 06 July...
Local militias belonging to the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit perform a mock assault while undergoing training at the Philippine Army 18th...
Soldier at Mactan Air Base in Cebu city pay his last respect to flag draped sealed coffins bearing the remains of five crew members recovered from...
Special forces soldier gives a few points to a Philippine Army scout ranger on how to use a US M4 rifle during a marksmanship training for the elite...
An American soldier belonging to the US Army Special Forces Special Forces supervise a live fire combat shooting as part of the training for Filipino...
Special Forces soldier teaches a Philippine Army soldier firing technique during a marksmanship training in Lamitan, 11 April 2002. The training is...
Two Philippine Army scout ranger check their scores during a marksmanship training supervised by US Army special forces in Cabunbata, southern...
An American soldier belonging to the US Army Special Forces teaches a walk-shooting maneuver to a Filipino army soldier in Lantawan town in Basilan...
Special Forces soldier supervises a live firing of Philippine Army soldiers during a marksmanship training in Lamitan, 11 April 2002. The training is...
Special forces soldier supervises marksmanship training of Philippine Army scout rangers in Cabunbata, Basilan island, 18 April 2002. The elite US...
