U.S. Special Forces Train in the Philippines

401322 03: U.S. Special Forces Captain Todd Thompson (C) from California speaks with Col. Reynato Padua (R) of the Philippine Scout Rangers as Master Sgt. Lonnie Baker of Montana keeps watch February 20, 2002 at the Scout Rangers camp in Isabela on the southern Philippine island of Basilan. U.S. Special Forces soldiers have been attached to different units of the Philippine military to train Filipino soldiers in counter-terrorism in their fight against the Islamic extremist group Abu Sayyaf. (Photo by David Greedy/Getty Images)