Two U.S. Special Forces soldiers guard each other as they play basketball during a break in a joint military counter-terrorism exercise at the army brigade in Tabiawan village, Isabela town, Basilan island, southern Philippines, Sunday, March 17, 2002. Hundreds of U.S. troops are now in Zamboanga and Basilan as they participate in exercises aimed at destroying the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf, linked to the al-Qaida terror network. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)