Doves fly over the crescent moon, the symbol of Islam, at the Kaumpurnah mosque in Basilan island while residents attend Friday prayers 08 June 2001....
Villagers walk along a path on a coconut plantation in the town of Lantawan on Basilan island, 13 June 2001. The island's suitable land produces...
Bureau of Jail Management and Penology personnel lead the six Abu Sayyaf who were convicted to death through lethal injection upon their arrival from...
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...
Wanted member of the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf, Nadzmir Mandangan is shown in handcuffs during a press conference at the Southern Military...
Us Special Forces In The Philippines On February 22Th, 2002 In Island Of Basilan, Philippines. On Basilan Island. The 160-Men Group Of Us Green...
Us Special Forces In The Philippines On February 22Th, 2002 In Island Of Basilan, Philippines. On Basilan Island. The 160-Men Group Of Us Green...
Soldiers from the Philippines'' elite Scout Rangers train February 20, 2002 at the Scout Rangers camp in Isabela on the southern Philippine island of...
Policeman carrying an automatic rifle stands guard with a colleague along a popular market street in Manila on June 1 as security forces are on...
Members of police Special Weapons and Tactics stand guard along a popular market street in Manila on June 1 as security forces are on heightened...
Voters enter a polling center in Isabela town, Basilan province, in the southern island of Mindanao on May 10, 2010. Ten people were killed and...
Muslim woman places her ballot paper into a vote counting machine at a polling center in Isabela town, Basilan province, in the southern island of...
Philippine marines patrol a highway along the village of Busay in Isabela City, Basilan island in the Philippine's southern island of Mindanao on...
Residents look at destroyed motorbikes after bomb explosions in Isabela City, Basilan island, in the Philippine's southern island of Mindanao on...
Military personnel stand next to destroyed motorbikes and a vehicle after bomb explosions in Isabela City, Basilan island, in the Philippine's...
Medical personnel prepare to carry one of the 17 wounded after Al Qaeda-linked Muslim militants raided Maluso town in Basilan on Mindanao island out...
Medical personnel carry one of the 17 wounded after Al Qaeda-linked Muslim militants raided Maluso town in Basilan on Mindanao island out of a ferry...
Resident among the 17 wounded after Al Qaeda-linked Muslim militants raided Maluso town in Basilan on Mindanao island is carried out of a ferry boat...
Filipino Muslim devotee listens during a Friday prayer outside the Blue Mosque in Taguig city suburban Manila, 31 August 2007, where devotees and...
Philippine marines carry the coffins of fallen comrades during a short religious rite at the Western Mindanao military headquarters in Zamboanga City...
An unidentified wounded Philippine Marine receives a medal from the military regional commander, Major General Benjamin Dolorfino , at a hospital in...
Wounded Philippine Marine receives treatment at a hospital in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga on August 13, 2009 a day after soldiers and...
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...
Police commandoes pray as they parade in Manila on June 28 before being deployed to the southern Philippine island of Basilan. The Basilan Contingent...
Police commandoes pray as they parade in Manila on June 28 before being deployed to the southern Philippine island of Basilan. The Basilan Contingent...
Priest blesses police commandoes as they parade in Manila on June 28 before being deployed to the southern Philippine island of Basilan. The Basilan...
Police officer yawns as he and other police commandoes in Manila on June 28 prepare to be deployed to the southern Philippine island of Basilan. The...
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...
Soldiers patrol along the wharf in Basilan island during an anti-kidnap operation on Februay 18, 2009. Police and military on February 17 rescued a...
Heavily armed soldiers patrol Isabela town in Basilan island during an anti-kidnap operation on Februay 9, 2009. Two gunmen were killed as soldiers...
Philippine Naval gunboats are anchored on the waters off Basilan island seen in the background on Februay 9, 2009. Two gunmen were killed as soldiers...
Filipino kidnap victim Eleazar Gumera a midwife of a government hospital in nearby Basilan island is escorted by military officials at the military...
Heavily armed soldiers patrol Isabela town in Basilan island during an anti-kidnap operation on Februay 9, 2009. Two gunmen were killed as soldiers...
Seven released captive laborers are presented to the media at a military camp in Isabela, Basilan on December 9, 2008. The Moro Islamic Liberation...
Soldier watches Philippine troops run a drill outside the camp of the Philippine army June 24, 2002 in Isabela city, Philippines. About a 1,000 U.S....
Army soldier installs a machine gun at the camp of the Philippine army June 24, 2002 in in Isabela city, Philippines. About a 1,000 U.S. Troops are...
Army troops secure their camp after drills outside the camp of the Philippine army June 24, 2002 in Isabela city, Philippines. About a 1,000 U.S....
Army troops march with Philippine troops outside the camp of the Philippine army June 24, 2002 in Isabela city, Philippines. About a 1,000 U.S....
Philippine military personel escort freed Filipino nurse Preciosa Feliciano, who was taken hostag by the Abu Sayyaf for ransom, upon their arrival at...
Public school teachers acting as election officials for the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao polls escort filled up ballot boxes to canvassing...
Armed soldiers escort public school teachers acting as election officials for carry ballot boxes to canvassing center at the end of the Autonomous...
Fresh combat troops from the Philippine Marines arrive in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga's military port on May 26, 2008 for deployment to...
Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenny is greeted by a Muslim villager in Tuburan, Basilan 10 January 2008. Kenny inagurated a road project...
The widow of the late Congressman Wahab Akbar, Mayor Cherry Lyn Akbar touches the casket of her husband in Basilan southern Philippines, 14 November...
Supporters of the late Basilan Congressman Wahab Akbar lower his casket during a burial in the southern Philippine island of Basilan, 14 November...
Filipino Muslim student displays the US flag during the inauguration of the newly constructed Maluso port in the violence rocked Basilan island 01...
Ambassador Kristie Kenny smiles during the inauguration of the newly constructed Maluso port in the violence rocked Basilan island, 01 October 2007...
Ambassador Kristie Kenny greets students while armed Philippine marines guard the Matarling bridge, in the violence-rocked Basilan island, 01 October...
Armed combat engineers unload their heavy equipment as they arrive at Dangcalan wharf in Lamitan City 08 September 2007. The joint airforce and navy...
Armed combat engineers arrive at Dangcalan wharf in Lamitan City, 08 September 2007. The joint airforce and navy military engineering battallion...
An armed combat engineer rests on arrival at Dangcalan wharf in Lamitan City 08 September 2007. The joint airforce and navy military engineering...
Combat engineer manuevers a medical armored personnel vehicle as they arrive at Dangcalan wharf in Lamitan City 08 September 2007. The joint airforce...
Armed combat engineers arrive at Dangcalan wharf in Lamitan City, 08 September 2007. The joint airforce and navy military engineering battallion...
Defense secretary Gilbert Teodoro welcomes armed combat engineers who arrived at Dangcalan wharf in Lamitan City, 08 September 2007. The joint...
Boys watch the armed combat engineers as they arrive at the Dangcalan wharf in Lamitan City, 08 September 2007. The joint airforce and navy military...
Armed combat engineers unloads their trucks as they arrive at Dangkalan wharf in Lamitan City, 08 September 2007. The joint airforce and navy...
Armed combat engineers arrive at Dangcalan wharf in Lamitan City, 08 September 2007. The joint airforce and navy military engineering battallion...
Heavily armed government troops and combat engineers await to board a naval ship during a send off ceremony at the Philippine Navy headquarters in...
Defence Secretary Gilbert Teodoro acknowledges the salute of a military combat engineer during a send off ceremony at the naval headquarters in...
Philippine Navy chief Vice Admiral Rogelio Calunsan followed by Defence Secretary Gilbert Teodoro view the military display during a send off...
