After standoff over Sharara.
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Links January 9th and January 10th
Automatically posted links for January 9th through January 10th:
- ??????? ???? ????? ????? ?????? ?????? ?«?????» ??????? – Egypt cuts subsidies on food oils, etc.
- 151,000 civilians killed since Iraq invasion – WHO, Iraq Gov says revises death tool (1/4 that of Lancet)
- Has the Era of Cheap Oil and Food Prices Ended? – Walid Khadduri addresses top question in many Arabs’ minds
- Can the Middle East sustain democracy? Middle East Strategy at Harvard – Debate on Arab democracy – Alterman, Dunne, Carpenter, etc. in comments
- La rééducation des terroristes d’Arabie saoudite – Jihadi re-education: to do jihad, make sure the Saudi Gov says it’s OK
- US candidates are vague on Middle East democracy – Steven Cook examines — Edwards has most concrete plans
- Jacob?s Jottings: The Case of Fouad Ajami The National Interest – Another Ajami takedown, this time on his newfound Huntingtonism
- Rehabilitating Libya – International Herald Tribune – Op-ed reminds of Libya’s nastiness — or does it not count when victims are not Western?
- Democracy: inevitable no more – M. Albright on democracy, but she was never a supporter of Arab democracy
- Saudi Calls on Sarkozy to Visit Alone – After some in Egypt were outraged by Sarko’s new girlfriend, Saudi draws the line
Links for 12 December
Automatically posted links for December 9th through December 12th:
- The Press Association: Army chief among Beirut blast dead – Michel Suleiman successor killed
- Sacrés Marocains ! – Poll on the religiosity of Moroccans (post in French, report in various languages.)
- CIA has recruited Iranians to defect – Los Angeles Times – A “handful” of defectors recruited, provided much of NIE info
- AFP: Iran drops dollar from oil deals: report – “TEHRAN (AFP) ? Major crude producer Iran has completely stopped carrying out its oil transactions in dollars, Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said on Saturday, labelling the greenback an “unreliable” currency.”
- The Chronicle of Arab/Muslim Depravity over three centuries – Angry Arab savages Michael Oren’s latest book
Links for November 28th
Automatically posted links for November 27-28th:
- Critical writer jailed in Tunisia – On Monday, police in Sfax, Tunisia’s second largest city, detained Slim Boukhdhir, a well-known blogger and contributor to the London-based Al-Quds Al Arabi.
- ‘Aqoul: Hirsi Ali: Ideological Chameleon – Holy CRAP! Hirsi Ali’s rightward shift
- tabsir.net » Al Qaeda?s generational split – Yemeni tactics for splitting jihadist groups
- Talking Points | National Security Network – Website of reality-based security types
- Le Monde.fr : Une vidéo-amateur contredit la version de la police sur l’accident de Villiers-le-Bel – Amateur video indicates initial shock of police car against motorbike not very violent, car was damaged with metal bars afterwards and police is lying about it
- WHO’S WHO OF PREZ CAMPAIGN SECURITY ADVISERS – New list of security / FP advisors to US presidential candidates, surprisingly does not include the more well-known rabid neocons in Rudy’s list
- Hillary Clinton’s advisers too gung-ho on Iraq war, critics say – Is Hillary Clinton the hawk masquerading as the dove?
- ‘Not very good’ Saddam spy gets 4 years – Yahoo! News – More examples of the terrible threat to the US that Saddam represented. Hmm, let me think, what other Middle Eastern country successfully infiltrated spies in critical national security institutions?
- Police say Paris rioters are armed as clashes escalate – Officials in Paris last night warned that rioters in the suburb of Villiers-le-Bel were armed with hunting rifles and air rifles as clashes with police continued to escalate.
- Boom fuels new Saudi spending spree | Business | The Guardian – Annual revenues of $165bn are funding six new cities to create jobs – but can it last?
- Cairo International Film Festival – Home Page – Schedules, events, etc. (apparently Morocco is focus of festival)
- In Annapolis, Conflict by Other Means by Robert Blecher and Mouin Rabbani – “As for the Annapolis meeting itself, it is being greeted with indifference, with few believing it will lead to either meaningful change in their daily lives or substantive progress toward the end of an Israeli occupation now in its fifth decade.”