WikiLeaks: Israel is Preparing for “Major War” in Middle East
In a report on one newly released cable, the paper reveals that Israeli Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi told a U.S. congressional delegation a little over a year ago that the Israeli military is forging ahead at full speed with preparations for a new war in the Middle East. The cables quote Ashkenazi saying, “I’m preparing the Israeli army for a major war, since it is easier to scale down to a smaller operation than to do the opposite.”
Schwarzenegger Reduces Sentence of Son of Former Assembly Speaker
Outgoing California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is coming under criticism for reducing the prison term of the son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez. In 2008, Esteban Núñez was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon for his role in a 2008 drunken brawl that led to the death of Luis Santos. In his last day in office, Schwarzenegger shortened Esteban Núñez’s sentence to seven years.