Continued progress in the Global War on Terror.

Another Senior Taliban Official Gives Up
Reuters Original Article

A senior member of the ousted Taliban movement surrendered on Saturday, the latest in a series of defections to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government by Taliban commanders. Mofti Habibur Rahman, chief of the criminal department at Taliban's interior ministry, also said other high-level and low-ranking Taliban officials inside and outside Afghanistan would take advantage of a government amnesty offer.

Freedom Scorecard Update - The World is becoming a much safer place.

Afganistan - Free; has asked US for continued security assistance
Iraq - Free
Georgia - Free
Ukraine - Free
Palestine -Free, continuing to push aside Arafat kronies
India - Free, with new peace treaty complete with Pakistan
Pakistan - Dictator, but on the right side of the war on terror
Ecuador - Seeking Freedom, Mass protests ousted corrupt president
Egypt - Dictator, will hold multiparty Federal Democratic elections
Saudi Arabia - Dictator, Held Regional Democratic Elections
Libya - Dictator, gave up WMD, does not want US troops on his soil
Syria - Dictator, severely weakened
Lebanon - Almost all Syrian forces out, will soon have democratic elections
Venezuela - Dictator (unfortunately validated by ex-president), its people seeking freedom
Iran - Defiant, its people growing more and more bold; countries lining up against it
North Korea - Defiant, its people starving, severe internal strife
Soviet Union - Trying to go back to Communism