Patikul, PHILIPPINES: Philippine marine soldiers take off from Patikul town in southern Jolo island for a combat mission against Abu Sayyaf extremist group 14 September 2006. US army special forces have moved into Jolo providing intelligence assistance to Philippine troops on a manhunt against al-Qaeda linked Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants as part of US international war on terror. Two Indonesian fugitives behind the deadly 2002 Bali bombings, JI militants Umar Patek and Dulmatin and their local Abu Sayyaf allies are on the run from a masssive military offensive that began in the first week of August in Jolo involving some 5,000 Philippine security forces. The battle have so far claimed eight soldiers dead and 19 wounded. AFP PHOTO/THERENCE KOH (Photo credit should read THERENCE KOH/AFP/Getty Images)