Doomsday view of 2012

Did the title catch your attention?  Check out the following article link;
- Unrelenting global economic crisis: a doomsday view of 2012.

Check out another New Year's prediction; The U.S. & Israel will attack Iran.

Of the updates, we have;
- Funeral blast kills 20 in Afghanistan
- 7 killed, dozens hurt in Iraq bombing.

- Syria fighting kills 13 ahead of Arab monitor visit.
- Syrian tanks fire, 23 die in fighting as monitors awaited.

There may be a new year coming, but it's not looking so good at this point.