War_Conflict

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A Palestinian demonstrator prepares to hurl a stone toward Israeli troops during a protest May 25, 2012, against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah. (Associated Press)

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World powers negotiators arrive May 23, 2012, at the Baghdad International Airport in Iraq. Negotiators from the U.S. and five other world powers sat down with a team of Iranian diplomats to try to hammer out specific goals in the years-long impasse over Tehran's nuclear program. (Associated Press)

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Honor Guard soldiers place American flags at each grave at Arlington National Cemetery to honor the nation's fallen service members as Air Force Maj. Terry Dutcher, based at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, cries at the grave of her son, Army Cpl. Michael Avery Pursel, 19, who was killed in Iraq in 2007. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Air Force Maj. Terry Dutcher, based at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, cries at the grave of her son, Army Cpl. Michael Avery Pursel, 19, who was killed in Iraq in 2007. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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An Honor Guard soldier placing American flags at each grave stops to check on Air Force Maj. Terry Dutcher based at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, as she cries at the grave of her son, Army Cpl. Michael Avery Pursel, 19, who was killed in Iraq in 2007. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Soldiers place small America flags at each grave at Arlington National Cemetery to honor the nation's fallen armed forces. The annual tradition has been carried out by the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, since 1948. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Left to right: Staff Sgt. Chad Parson, Spc. Jeffrey Aubuchon, and Sgt. 1st Class Richard Ruddle with the Fife and Drum Core gather small America flags to place on the graves Arlington National Cemetery to honor the nation's fallen armed forces. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A political activist paints a mural on a wall Thursday in Cairo's Tahrir Square. During the uprising that resulted in the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011, Tahrir Square was the central gathering point for protesters. Since the revolution, many streets leading to the square display murals dedicated to the uprising and those who died in it. (Associated Press)

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Olubenja Obasanjo, a major in the U.S. Army, has a quiet moment after becoming a U.S. citizen Thursday, May 24, 2012 at a naturalization ceremony at the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Protesters and riot police face off in Montreal on Thursday, May 24, 2012, during a march to protest university tuition fee increases. (AP Photo/Ryan Remiorz, Canadian Press)

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**FILE** Gen. Chen Bingde (left), chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Israeli President Shimon Peres (center) and Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, Israel military chief, pose for the media during a meeting at Peres' residence in Jerusalem. (Associated Press)

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Dejan Radojkovic, a former Bosnian-Serb police commander tied to Srebrenica genocide, arrives at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas for the initial leg of his removal flight back to Sarajevo. The former Bosnian Serb police commander accused of playing a leading role in the 1995 massacre of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica has been deported to his native country, U.S. officials said on May 24, 2012. (Associated Press/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

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Mohammed Bassiouni poses May 23, 2012, for a portrait inside his home in the Egyptian village of Ikhsas, south of Cairo. Bassiouni expressed dissatisfaction with the Muslim Brotherhood, a political party that enjoys broad support in areas throughout the country. That morning, Egypt commenced two days of presidential voting after 16 months of interim rule by the Supreme Council of Armed Forces. This election is the first free and fair presidential race since the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak. (Associated Press)