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A column of U.S. Army Stryker armored vehicles cross the border from Iraq into Kuwait on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. The U.S. Army's 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, part of the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, is the last combat brigade to leave Iraq as part of the drawdown of U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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U.S. Army soldiers from C Co., 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division gather Saturday for a formation before driving from Iraq to Kuwait. The soldiers are the last combat brigade to leave Iraq as part of the drawdown of U.S. forces. (Associated Press)
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In this Aug. 16, 2010 photo, a U.S Army soldier dismantles a machine gun mounted on his Stryker armored vehicle immediately after crossing the border from Iraq into Kuwait. The U.S. Army's 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, part of the 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, are the last combat brigade to leave Iraq as part of the drawdown of U.S. forces. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS In an undated photo provided by Georgia Southern University, graduate student Kevin Chapman (left) surveys the site of Camp Lawton, a Civil War prison, while students dig in a trench in search of artifacts. The team has found some, including a bronze buckle used to fasten tourniquets during amputations.
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"We are doing everything we can to achieve progress as rapidly as we can without rushing to failure," said Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
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A man uses a stick to ward off survivors as relief goods are distributed Wednesday at a camp in Punjab province. Desperately needed international donations have picked up, but at the same time, militants have taken advantage of the chaos to go on attack. (Associated Press)
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A Pakistani man passes by a toppled passenger bus along a flooded street in Muzaffargarh, Punjab province, Pakistan on Wednesday Aug. 18, 2010. Militants exploiting the flooding chaos in Pakistan clashed with police overnight, authorities said, as desperately needed international donations for the millions of victims picked up pace three weeks after the deluge began. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Flood survivors carry relief goods along a flooded area in Muzaffargarh, Punjab province, in Pakistan on Wednesday Aug. 18, 2010. Militants exploiting the flooding chaos in Pakistan clashed with police overnight, authorities said, as desperately needed international donations for the millions of victims picked up pace three weeks after the deluge began. (AP Photo / Aaron Favila)
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Flood survivors climb on a truck donating foods and drinks to victims along a flooded area in Muzaffargarh, Punjab province, Pakistan on Wednesday Aug. 18, 2010. Militants exploiting the flooding chaos in Pakistan clashed with police overnight, authorities said, as desperately needed international donations for the millions of victims picked up pace three weeks after the deluge began. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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A Pakistani boy shouts to attract attention from a man handing out relief goods at a camp flood victims in Muzaffargarh, Punjab province, Pakistan on Wednesday Aug. 18, 2010. Militants exploiting the flooding chaos in Pakistan clashed with police overnight, authorities said, as desperately needed international donations for the millions of victims picked up pace three weeks after the deluge began. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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A flood survivor reaches out for relief goods as they climb on a truck donating foods and drinks to victims in Muzaffargarh, Punjab province, Pakistan on Wednesday Aug. 18, 2010. Militants exploiting the flooding chaos in Pakistan clashed with police overnight, authorities said, as desperately needed international donations for the millions of victims picked up pace three weeks after the deluge began. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Young flood victims hang on the back of a truck as they cross a flooded area in Muzaffargarh, Punjab province, Pakistan on Wednesday Aug. 18, 2010. Militants exploiting the flooding chaos in Pakistan clashed with police overnight, authorities said, as desperately needed international donations for the millions of victims picked up pace three weeks after the deluge began. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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A young Pakistani girl sleeps as flies land on her face at a camp for flood victims in Muzaffargarh, Punjab province, Pakistan on Wednesday Aug. 18, 2010. Militants exploiting the flooding chaos in Pakistan clashed with police overnight, authorities said, as desperately needed international donations for the millions of victims picked up pace three weeks after the deluge began. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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** FILE ** Two unidentified German aid workers who were kidnapped five weeks earlier in Sudan's Darfur region arrive at the airport in Khartoum, Sudan, on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. The two men, who worked for the Technisches Hilfswerk, or THW, a German state agency that does development work, were released without force with the help of Sudanese security forces and are in good health, officials said. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)
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Protesters display placards and shout slogans during a rally outside the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, Philippines, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, to call on the Philippine Government to "publicly support" a United Nations commission of inquiry into purported crimes against humanity in Burma. On Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, the United States said it will support the commission. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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An Israel border police officer stands guard as a paramedic rushes from the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. A Palestinian took hostages at the embassy after shots were fired outside, Israeli police and a Foreign Ministry official said, in an incident that appeared to have only an indirect link to recent tensions between the two countries. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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**FILE** In this photo from May 28, 2010, local Afghan residents watch a burning oil tanker that was carrying fuel supplies for NATO forces after it was allegedly attacked by Taliban on a Jalalabad highway, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
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In this undated photo, originally posted on a Facebook page belonging to Eden Aberjil, and taken from the Israeli blog site sachim.tumblr.com, an Israeli army soldier poses in front of blindfolded men identified in the Israeli new media as Palestinian prisoners. Israeli news media and bloggers have identified the soldier in the photos as Aberjil. (AP Photo/sachim.tumblr.com)
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Israeli police officers are seen in front of the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. A Palestinian took hostages in the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv Tuesday after shots were fired outside, Israeli police and a Foreign Ministry official said, in an incident that appeared to have only an indirect link to recent tensions between the two countries. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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An Israel border police officer holds his weapon as a paramedic rushes put of the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. A Palestinian took hostages in the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv Tuesday after shots were fired outside, Israeli police and a Foreign Ministry official said, in an incident that appeared to have only an indirect link to recent tensions between the two countries. (AP Photo / Ariel Schalit)