NA/ROHRABACHER DATE: 6/1/2002 LOCATION: Zamboanga, Philippines CREDIT: AP File Photo/Bullit Marquez CAPTION: Visiting U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher from California gestures as he talks to the media following his visit Saturday, June 1, 2002 to U.S. troops deployed in Zamboanga city and nearby Basilan island to train their Philippine counterparts in their fight against terrorism. Some 1,200 Americans are scheduled to be in southern Philippines until July 31 to train and advise local forces fighting the Muslim extremist Abu Sayyaf group, which is loosely linked to Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network have been holding three hostages, an American couple and a Filipino nurse, for over a year now.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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