Meanwhile, this news from another country under US occupation. The Pentagon said today that US forces killed 22 suspected Taleban and al-Qaeda militants in a gun battle in southern Afghanistan. This comes as Afghanistan was rocked by violence this weekend. Hundreds of demonstrators in the western city of Herat ransacked and burned at least four United Nations office compounds after the central government removed the governor, Ismail Khan. At least seven people were killed and at least 60 wounded. Local doctors said many of the injured were civilian demonstrators suffering from gunshot wounds. Two national army soldiers and some 15 American soldiers were reported to have been wounded. The violence was a major blow to the central government, which had sent in 1,000 soldiers and hundreds of national police to secure the area for the arrival of the new governor from Kabul. According to the BBC, about 50 UN staff and aid workers are preparing to leave the city.