Holiday Roundup

As you may have noticed, I spent the holiday’s blog free. Therefore, I will now brief some of the main stories that I missed from both the media and blogs. In the likely case that I’ve missed something, please leave a comment. (note: I’m saving a separate post on Saddam Hussein’s hanging for later.)

Israeli Nuclear Weapons

Breaking nearly 40 years of denial, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert seems to have admitted that Israel possesses nuclear weapons. For some time now it was assumed, but not stated, that the Jewish state was a nuclear power.