A special operations platoon of the Phil...

Jolo, PHILIPPINES: A special operations platoon of the Philippine Marine Battalion Landing Team conduct military an exercise against enemy fire at a marine camp in Patikul town in the southern Philippines island of Jolo 05 February 2007. An Elite unit of Marines raided an Abu Sayyaf camp and killed Abu Sayyaf leader Khadaffy Janjalani 03 September 2006 dealing a crippling blow on the al-Qaeda linked group while recently three snipers from the Marines were killed by the islamic militants from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) during an encounter in Patikul 18 January 2007, a marine official said. AFP PHOTO/THERENCE KOH (Photo credit should read THERENCE KOH/AFP via Getty Images)