JAN. 27 – “Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is confident Islamic nations will one day watch the destruction of arch-foe Israel, his website Wednesday quoted him as saying,” according to AFP.

JAN. 2 – The New York Daily News, in an editorial published today, is calling for tough action against Iran.
“Enough with namby-pambyism,” says the paper. “Easily evaded measures like squeezing the finances of the country’s Revolutionary Guard are highly unlikely to prod Ahamedinejad and Khamenei to delay production, let alone forsake nukes altogether.”