War_Conflict

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Anti-government protesters waves a national flag during a rally at the Victory Monument Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand braced for a new wave of mass unrest Monday as anti-government demonstrators blocked major roads to "shut down" Bangkok in a bid to thwart February elections and overthrow the nation's democratically elected prime minister.(AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

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National Edition News cover for January 13, 2014 - Iraq’s chaos could be omen for Afghanistan without U.S. troops: An Afghan policeman stands guard near burning NATO supply trucks following an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistan--Afghanistan border in Jalalabad province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the strike on a U.S. base in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday, setting off bombs, torching vehicles and shutting down a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said. Several people -- apparently all attacking insurgents -- were killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Afghan police officers watch the site of a Taliban attack last year against NATO supply trucks near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. After more than 13 years of American bloodshed and treasure, the U.S. military will leave national security in the hands of Afghans. (Associated Press)

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STACKED ODDS: Afghan police had U.S. assistance to kill insurgents responsible for a fiery attack east of Kabul in September. After this year, security forces will be on their own against incursions by the Taliban, the Haqqani Network and al Qaeda. (Associated Press)

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FILE- Syrian families wait to register at the UNHCR center in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, in this file photo dated Wednesday, March 6, 2013. The number of U.N.-registered refugees topped 1 million in March 2013 and half of them are known to be children, as Syrians flee from their war-ravaged country, and the United Nations’ refugee agency warn that Syria is heading towards a "full-scale disaster." (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, FILE)

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** FILE ** In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, file photo, destroyed buildings, including the Dar Al-Shifa hospital, bottom, lay in ruins following airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras, File)

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Thai anti-government protesters, dressed up in national flags, stand during a rally at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Anti-government demonstrators were preparing Sunday to occupy major intersections of Thailand's congested capital in what they say is an effort to shut down Bangkok, a plan that has raised fears of violence that could trigger a military coup. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

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Thai anti-government protesters shout and cheer during a rally at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Anti-government demonstrators were preparing Sunday to occupy major intersections of Thailand's congested capital in what they say is an effort to shut down Bangkok, a plan that has raised fears of violence that could trigger a military coup. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

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A Thai anti-government protester gestures while listening to a speech from the stage during a rally at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Anti-government demonstrators were preparing Sunday to occupy major intersections of Thailand's congested capital in what they say is an effort to shut down Bangkok, a plan that has raised fears of violence that could trigger a military coup. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014 file photo, one of the few to have a mosquito net, a displaced family who fled the recent fighting between government and rebel forces in Bor by boat across the White Nile, sit under it after waking up in the morning in the town of Awerial, South Sudan. Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a very violent start to 2014 with raging conflicts in South Sudan and Central African Republic - the death tolls are huge and the individual incidents gruesome, with one estimate saying nearly 10,000 have been killed in South Sudan in a month of warfare. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 23, 2013 file photo, French soldiers lay a wounded man, who had been attacked during a protest, atop a military vehicle as they take him to get medical help, at Mpoko Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic. Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a very violent start to 2014 with raging conflicts in South Sudan and Central African Republic - the death tolls are huge and the individual incidents gruesome, with one estimate saying nearly 10,000 have been killed in South Sudan in a month of warfare. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014 file photo, displaced people arrive with what belongings they had time to gather by river barge from Bor, some of the thousands who fled the recent fighting between government and rebel forces in Bor by boat across the White Nile, in the town of Awerial, South Sudan. Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a very violent start to 2014 with raging conflicts in South Sudan and Central African Republic - the death tolls are huge and the individual incidents gruesome, with one estimate saying nearly 10,000 have been killed in South Sudan in a month of warfare. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)