A Shiite child takes part in the self-flagellation ritual, outside the shrine of Imam Hussein, during an Ashura mourning ceremony in Karbala, Iraq on January 5, 2009. Hundreds of thousands of Shiites will visit the holy city of Karbala throughout the Ashura week to mark the death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the prophet Mohammad. (UPI Photo/Ali Jasim) | Slideshow
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has picked another vastly experienced Washington insider to run the $60 billion a year U.S. intelligence community, but in choosing former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, he has uncharacteristically gambled big on an outsider with no direct experience of working in intelligence. This could prove disastrous.
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has picked another vastly experienced Washington insider to run the $60 billion a year U.S. intelligence community, but in choosing former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, he has uncharacteristically gambled big on an outsider with no direct experience of working in intelligence. This could prove disastrous.