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ASSOCIATED PRESS Elias Abuelazam arrives Thursday in Flint, Mich. He is suspected in 18 attacks, including five fatal stabbings, in Michigan, Virginia and Ohio.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS This Boeing-provided artist rendering shows what the U.S. Freedom Pavilion will look like upon completion. One of Boeing Co.'s most famous World War II aircraft will be the focus of an exhibit in the National World War II Museum addition.
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** FILE ** An advertisement for a Chinese Internet-security software brand is displayed at a computer mall in Beijing on Aug. 2, 2010. (Associated Press)
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A U.S. Army soldier of the 101st Airborne Division walks along a road during a day of joint missions with the Afghan army in the Zhari district of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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U.S. Army Spc. David Zink, of Leavenworth, Kan., of Tactical Command Post, HQ Company, 2-502 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, walks with platoon-mates during a joint patrol with the Afghan Army, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Wednesday Aug. 25, 2010. Soldiers in Zhari operate in a district which is the birthplace of the Taliban movement, and holds many well-armed insurgents who blend in with a support network providing them with explosives and safe havens. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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An Iraqi man surveys the ruins of a collapsed building the day after a bombing in Baghdad Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. A string of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces on Wednesday left several people dead and scores wounded, police and hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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"There is a mountain of mistrust" in Iraq, says recently departed U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill. As U.S. troops leave, diplomats must deal with major challenges while working to prevent civil war. (Associated Press)
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A man examines the destruction at the site of a bombing in Baghdad on Wednesday. The deadliest attack came in Kut, where a suicide bomber blew up a car inside a security barrier between a police station and the provincial government's headquarters. (Associated Press)
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An Iraqi girl wears bandages after being injured in a bombing in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, on Wednesday. The car bomb near a police station wounded 28 people. (Associated Press)
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A building in Baghdad collapsed after being hit by a bomb on Wednesday. A string of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces left dozens of people dead and scores wounded, police and hospital officials said. (Associated Press)
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Islamist insurgent fighters take positions during clashes with Somali government soldiers and African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu's Hodon neighborhood. The way Somali rebels fight and intimidate people purposely mimics some of the tactics used by the Taliban in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
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Islamist al-Shabab fighters conduct a military exercise in northern Mogadishu, Somalia. With no functioning government since 1991, militants with guns have been filling the social-justice void in Somalia with violence. (Associated Press)
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An Iraqi girl wears bandages after being injured in a bombing in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. A string of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces on Wednesday left several people dead and scores wounded, police and hospital officials said the day after the number of American soldiers in the country fell bellow 50,000.(AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)
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An Iraqi policeman walks past a destroyed car at the site of a bombing in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. A string of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces on Wednesday left several people dead and scores wounded, police and hospital officials said the day after the number of American soldiers in the country fell bellow 50,000.(AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
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Lebanese soldiers patrol in front of a mosque of the Sunni Muslim Association of Islamic Charitable Project, known as the Al-Ahbash group, after clashes erupted between group members and supporters of the Shi'ite Hezbollah group in the Bourj Abu Haidar area near Beirut's downtown on Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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An Iraqi policeman stands in the ruins of a collapsed building after a bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. A string of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces on Wednesday left several people dead and scores wounded, police and hospital officials said the day after the number of American soldiers in the country fell bellow 50,000. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Ecuadorean soldiers patrol the town of Puerto Nuevo in Ecuador, made up primarily of Colombian refugees. Officials say the town is a haven for guerrillas fighting across the border in Colombia's civil war. (Kelly Hearn)
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Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NB) speaks before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the Washington Strategic Concept Seminar on the future of NATO in Washington on February 22, 2010. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn.
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A U.S. soldier from the 101st Airborne Division reads as a sandstorm blows around him at Forward Operating Base Howz-e-Madad in southern Afghanistan's Zhari district on Tuesday. U.S. and Afghan troops plan an assault there, the birthplace of the Taliban, next month. (Associated Press)
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Afghans pass on a road in front of the Howz-e-Madad base. "Taliban is the home team here," says a U.S. commander. The area has many well-armed fighters and a deep support network for the Taliban. (Associated Press)
