Smoke rises after NATO aircraft conducted an air strike near the Arghandab river, south of Senjeray village, Kandahar province, where U.S. commanders had identified as insurgent positions Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai decried the violence in his country and expressed fear that the mayhem would chase away young Afghans. He has established a "peace council" to negotiate with the Taliban. (Associated Press)
Palestinian mourners carry the body of Palestinian militant, Alaa Abu Z'beida, out of the family house during his funeral in Al Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Alaa Abu Z'beida and two other Palestinian militant were killed late Monday in a clash with Israeli soldiers. The Israelis said their forces fired at militants near the border of central Gaza as they were about to launch rockets at Israel. A small, al-Qaida-inspired group claimed responsibility on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Palestinian relatives react, after the death of Palestinian militant, Awni Abd Al Hadi, in the family house during his funeral in Al Bureij refugee Camp, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Awni Abd Al Hadi and two other Palestinian militants were killed late Monday in a clash with Israeli soldiers. The Israelis said their forces fired at militants near the border of central Gaza as they were about to launch rockets at Israel. A small, al-Qaida-inspired group claimed responsibility on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Palestinians react over one of three dead bodies of Islamic Jihad militants at the treatment room of Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. The three Palestinian militants were killed late Monday in a clash with Israeli soldiers, both sides said. The Israelis said their forces fired at militants near the border of central Gaza as they were about to launch rockets at Israel. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)
A relative of Palestinian Awni Abdul Hadi, 19, fires his gun into the air during his funeral in the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on September 28, 2010. Israeli air strikes in Gaza killed three men Palestinian medics said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad
Relatives of three Palestinians who were killed overnight in an Israeli air raid on southern Gaza gather near a hospital in the Gaza town of Deir al-Balah on Sepember 28, 2010. UPI/Ismael Mohamad
Palestinian mourners carry the body of Alaa Abu Zbeedh, 25, during his funeral in the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on September 28, 2010. Israeli air strikes in Gaza killed three men Palestinian medics said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad
Jewish activists aboard hold a banner before sets sail from Famagusta harbor in the Turkish-occupied north of ethnically divided Cyprus in a bid to breach the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. The trip came nearly four months after Israeli commandos boarded a flotilla of Gaza-bound ships, killing nine activists. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
