Amos Harel< from Haaretz had this to say:
Senior officers admit that the IDF has been using enormous firepower. “For us, being cautious means being aggressive,” explained one. “From the minute we entered, we’ve acted like we’re at war. That creates enormous damage on the ground … I just hope those who have fled the [...]

talkingpointsmemo: Too Close For Comfort…FBI agents doing the background check on Bill Richardson apparently started bumping into their colleagues who were investigating those pay-to-play allegations in New Mexico.

reuters: FBI plans large hiring blitz of agents, experts…Wanted by the FBI: agents, language specialists, computer experts, intelligence analysts and finance experts. The FBI said on Monday it [...]

Prison Planet
Real agenda behind riots could be related to Russian oil pipeline
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Tuesday, January 6, 2008
The increasingly violent riots in Greece could be the curtain raiser for a military coup d’etat and the installation of a new government more friendly to U.S. hegemony as a countermeasure to increasing Russian influence over the Balkan [...]

AP
By PATRICK QUINN – 1 day ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — The United States inaugurated its largest embassy ever on Monday, officially opening a fortress-like compound in the heart of the Green Zone as a testament to America’s commitment to Iraq.

Telegraph: Israeli soldiers killed by ‘friendly fire’ in Gaza
Israel has suffered its heaviest loss of life in the campaign so far when three soldiers from its elite Golani Brigade were killed and 24 wounded in northern Gaza when a tank shell hit a building where the infantrymen were resting.

Politico: Obama deplores civilian deaths in Gaza, Israel
Breaking his silence on the conflict in Gaza, the president-elect deplored the civilian casualties, which have been overwhelmingly on the Palestinian side, after a meeting with fiscal and economic advisors today.
“I’m very concerned with the conflict taking place there,” Obama said. “I’m monitoring the situation on a day [...]

BBC News:
Israel ‘expands’ Gaza offensive
-Israeli forces have widened their attacks in the Gaza Strip to include Khan Younis in the south, reports say.
-Israeli officials have so far rejected calls for a truce.
-Living conditions in Gaza are reported to be deteriorating sharply, with supplies of fuel and food not getting to where they are needed. [...]

Crooks and Liars: Aid Agencies Say Gaza Needs Food, Medicine and Body Bags
-Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor in Gaza, tells Sky News that the number of civilians injured and killed in Gaza proves that Israel is deliberately attacking the population.
-About 530 Palestinians have been killed, at least a quarter of them civilians, since Israel launched [...]

http://www.911truth.org…
Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America
By award-winning investigative journalist Russ Baker
Revelatory new book on Bush family
publishing January 2009
How did Bush happen? How did George W. Bush, of all people, rise to the most powerful position in the world? [...]

h/t: Oom!
http://www.washingtonpost.com…
By Brian Krebs
Washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 6, 2009; Page D02
Businesses, governments and educational institutions reported nearly 50 percent more data breaches last year than in 2007, exposing the personal records of at least 35.7 million Americans, according to a nonprofit group that works to prevent identity fraud.