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A lieutenant colonel of the Iranian elite Revolutionary Guard, attends Friday prayers with his colleague at Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 16, 2010. A Sunni insurgent group said it carried out a double suicide bombing against a Shiite mosque in southeast Iran to avenge the execution of its leader, as Iranian authorities Friday said the death toll included members of the elite Revolutionary Guard. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian protestor during a demonstration against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, Friday, July 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Israeli soldiers take position during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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Palestinian, Israeli and foreign protesters run from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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Palestinian protesters run from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers, not seen, during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Maasarah, near Bethlehem, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Palestinian, Israeli and foreign protesters run from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers, not seen, during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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A Palestinian protester kicks a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers, not seen, during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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A Palestinian protester is detained during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Maasarah, near Bethlehem, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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A Palestinian protester is detained during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Maasarah, near Bethlehem, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Iraqis gather as firefighters respond to a fire in a five-story hotel in Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles northeast of Baghdad, Friday, July 16, 2010. At least 29 people were killed, including foreigners, police and hospital officials said on Friday. (AP Photo)

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This picture released by Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency shows the scene of the bomb blast in the city of Zahedan, 940 miles southeast of the capital Tehran Thursday, July 15, 2010. Twin bombings killed more than 20 people outside a mosque in southeastern Iran on Thursday -- including members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard -- in attacks that came less than a month after Iran hanged the leader of a militant insurgent group in the region. (AP Photo / Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA)

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This picture released by Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency shows the scene of the bomb blast in the city of Zahedan, 940 miles southeast of the capital Tehran Thursday, July 15, 2010. Twin bombings killed more than 20 people outside a mosque in southeastern Iran on Thursday -- including members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard -- in attacks that came less than a month after Iran hanged the leader of a militant insurgent group in the region. (AP Photo/Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA)

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This picture released by Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency shows the scene of the bomb blast in the city of Zahedan, 940 miles southeast of the capital Tehran Thursday, July 15, 2010. Twin bombings killed more than 20 people outside a mosque in southeastern Iran on Thursday -- including members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard -- in attacks that came less than a month after Iran hanged the leader of a militant insurgent group in the region. (AP Photo/Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA)

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This picture released by Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency shows the victims of a bomb blast in the city of Zahedan, 940 miles southeast of the capital Tehran Thursday, July 15, 2010. Twin bombings killed more than 20 people outside a mosque in southeastern Iran on Thursday -- including members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard -- in attacks that came less than a month after Iran hanged the leader of a militant insurgent group in the region. (AP Photo/Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA)

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In this picture released by Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency, bodies of victims of bomb blasts lie on the street, in the city of Zahedan, 940 miles southeast of the capital Tehran Thursday, July 15, 2010. Twin bombings killed more than 20 people outside a mosque in southeastern Iran on Thursday _ including members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard _ in attacks that came less than a month after Iran hanged the leader of a militant insurgent group in the region. (AP Photo/Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA)

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A victim of Thursday's bomb blasts lies injured in a hospital at the Iranian city of Zahedan, 940 miles southeast of the Tehran, Friday, July 16, 2010. A Sunni insurgent group said it carried out a double suicide bombing against a Shi'ite mosque in southeast Iran to avenge the execution of its leader, as Iranian authorities Friday said the death toll rose to 27 people, including members of the elite Revolutionary Guard. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Ali Azimzadeh)

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Members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard talk as they prepare for Friday prayers, at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Friday, July 16, 2010. A Sunni insurgent group said it carried out a double suicide bombing against a Shi'ite mosque in southeast Iran to avenge the execution of its leader, as Iranian authorities Friday said the death toll rose to 27 people, including members of the elite Revolutionary Guard. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS South Korean soldiers pass a signboard near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom, showing distances to Pyongyang and Seoul.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS COUNTERPUNCHING:Michael S. Steele is giving as good as he gets from Democratic Party critics in personal attacks.

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A Pakistani boy who was injured in a suicide bombing is admitted to a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, July 15, 2010. The apparent suicide bombing near a bus terminal in Pakistan's Swat Valley killed several people and wounded at least 58 on Thursday, officials said, a sign that Islamist militants remain active in the northwest region despite a massive army operation.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)