The terrorist are on the run, being chased and killed where ever they are found

Saturday, September 01, 2007 -- KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan troops backed by foreign soldiers and airpower killed about 70 suspected Taliban fighters in raids close to the Pakistan border and elsewhere in the country, authorities said Saturday. Insurgent violence in Afghanistan is running at its highest level since the 2001 ouster of the Taliban despite the presence of more than 50,000 foreign troops and 110,000 Afghan police and military officers.
U.S.-led troops and Afghan security forces raided compounds late Friday in three villages in the remote Pitigal Valley border region, where intelligence showed that top militant leaders take refuge as they travel between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said. More than 20 insurgents were killed and 11 others were detained, while officers also discovered a bomb-making factory, it said in a statement. In the central province of Ghazni, Afghan police attacked a group of Taliban planning to strike security forces, killing 18 and arresting six others, said provincial police Gen. Ali Shah Ahmadai. "It was a successful operation," he said. A coalition statement said the operation was targeting "a militant responsible for facilitating the movement of foreign fighters." It resulted in the seizure of mortar and artillery rounds, numerous hand grenades, rocket-propelled grenades and other ammunition, it said. It did not say if the targeted militant was among those killed or provide any other details. Taliban militants abducted 23 South Koreans in Ghazni six weeks ago. They killed two male hostages, released two women last month and freed the final 19 this past week after the Taliban held unprecedented negotiations with the Seoul government. In Musa Qala district in southern Helmand province, a combined police and coalition patrol came under attack on Friday from mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire, the coalition said in a statement. In the fight that ensued, almost two dozen insurgents were killed, it said. No Afghan or coalition soldiers, or civilians, were killed, it said. Also in Musa Qala, Afghan forces Saturday called in coalition airstrikes after coming under attack, the coalition said. Seven insurgents were killed, the statement said. Parts of Musa Qaka have been under the control of Taliban militants for months. The region has seen several weeks of bloody combat. It was not possible to independently verify any of the death tolls because travel to the areas is extremely dangerous. Taliban commanders were not available for comment. The Taliban ruled most of Afghanistan from the mid-1990s until 2001, imposing an extreme version of Islam and harboring al-Qaida leaders and thousands of other Muslim militants from around the world. They were ousted by a U.S.-led coalition following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, but are now leading an increasingly bloody campaign against the country's Western-backed government. More than 4,200 people — most of them insurgents — have been killed so far this year, according to an Associated Press count.

Lebanese army kills 15 militants ; By SAM F. GHATTAS Associated Press Writer

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Lebanese troops fought al-Qaida-inspired militants who attempted to flee a besieged Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Sunday, killing 15 and wounding or capturing 15 others, officials said. In a statement, the military said troops were attacking the remaining strongholds of the Fatah Islam fighters in Nahr el-Bared camp and "chasing the fugitives outside the camp" who had staged "a desperate attempt to flee."
It called on Lebanese citizens to inform the nearest army patrol of any suspected militants in their area, but gave no specifics on casualties excepting saying "a large number" had been killed or captured. But Lebanese security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because no official casualty figure had been released by the military, said 15 militants had been killed and 15 wounded - including seven captured.

Iranian Leader Ayatollah Khamenei Replaces Head of Revolutionary Guard who was too scared of the oncoming American forces : Saturday, September 01, 2007

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei named a new head for the elite Revolutionary Guard, an organization Washington is looking to list as a terrorist group, state media announced Saturday. Khamenei appointed Mohammed Ali Jafari, described only as a senior figure in the hardline force, to replace General Yahya Rahim Safavi who has led the Guards for the last decade. The estimated 200,000-strong Revolutionary Guards answers directly to Khamenei and is seen as a defender of the 1979 Islamic revolution that swept away a pro-U.S. regime and founded the current religious republic. Washington has accused the Guards of supporting militias and insurgent groups attacking U.S. forces in Iraq — charges Iran denies.