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A U.S. Special Operations soldier cradles his gun during a helicopter flight over the southern Philippines in August 2008. (Warren Strobel/MCT)
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U.S. soldiers climb on their Humvee during maneuvers on Jolo Island, in the Philippines in August 2008. (Warren Strobel/MCT)
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During recent fighting between the Filipino government and a Muslim insurgent group, U.S. military personnel stationed in the Philippines were restricted to their encampments. (Warren Strobel/MCT)
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Philippine Maj. Gen. Juancho Sabban heads up a counter-insurgency strategy in Sulu province calling the battle for the support of the populace a "scramble for the masses." (Warren Strobel/MCT)
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U.S. soldiers unload sandals to be given to children in the Philippines in Mindanao, Philippines, in August 2008. (Warren Strobel/MCT)
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Nasir Abbas, shown on August, 29, 2008 in Jakarta, was a senior commander with the Indonesia-based terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah but now works to promote tolerance. (Warren Strobel/MCT)
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A U.S. Navy SEAL walks to a base on the remote island of Tawi-Tawi in the Philippines in August 2008. (Warren Strobel/MCT)
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