Obama faces a 'hornet's nest' in the Middle East:
US President-elect Barack Obama faces a potential hornet's nest in the Middle East when he takes over January 20, experts have warned in a report prepared by a coalition of think tanks.
President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to hunt down extremists wherever they plot attacks against the United States as Al-Qaeda claimed it hatched the attempt to blow up a US-bound airliner on Christmas Day.