Thousands of police are searching Chechnya’s southern mountains for rebel warlord Shamil Basayev, Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov said Friday. “Up to 3,000 police are involved in a round-the-clock operation to capture Basayev,” Kadyrov said, according to a spokesman for Chechen President Alu Alkhanov. At least 10 policemen loyal to the Chechen government have been killed in recent days in clashes with rebels in the foothills of the mountains, a source in the local security forces said Friday. Full Story