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Links for January 14th

Automatically posted links for January 14th:

Daily Kos: Bush fawns over the U.A.E. – Great takedown of Bush’s appraisal of UAE as “model society”

Total, Suez, Areva to build two nuclear plants in Abu Dhabi – The Middle East nuclear race that really matters

Bush Nudges Mideast on Democracy – Story number 129747247 on Bush abandoning democracy talk

Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel – Tiny Iranian boats not aggressive and posed no threat

Pursuing happiness behind the veil – The LAT’s Jeffrey Fleishman: king of the mixed metaphor

Kuwait set to invest as Merrill seeks $4bn – Another big Gulfie investment in top Western financial firm

EGYPT HOLDS ARMY OFFICERS FOR ‘PLOTTING ISRAEL ATTACKS’ – Now, if you were an Egyptian Islamist in the army, would it be Israel that’s your target?

EGYPT: Iraqi refugee return driven by lack of money IRIN Middle East | Middle East | Egypt | EGYPT: Iraqi refugee return driven by lack of money | Early Warning Refugees/IDPs | News Item – Iraqis fleeing death find poverty in Egypt

Automatically posted links for December 3rd:

Wolfowitz Back in Govt.? – Rice appoints Wolfie to International Security Advisory Board

Younger Muslims Tune In to Upbeat Religious Message – New Egyptian televangelist is former playboy, “better than Brad Pitt”

Enquête de l?ADFM sur le port du voile : «Le hijab est un phénomène de mode au Maroc» – Study on veil in Morocco says it’s mostly about fashion, girls’ freedom

In The Tank: Did National Review Reporter Make His Stories Up? – There is a growing dispute over the veracity of reporting from Lebanon by former Marine W. Thomas Smith, Jr. who is posting reports on his blog, The Tank, published by the conservative website, National Review Online (NRO). Smith is a supporter of the war

Automatically posted links for November 26th:

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Foul times ahead for Egypt’s bean staple – Alarmist predictions for fuul. Actually a lot comes from China nowadays, like everything else
Why the Arab street? Ã‚ – Rami Khouri says the Arab street has changed, is essentially a mixture of nationalism and islamism, and counts for something
International Crisis Group – Darfur?s New Security Reality – Report says Darfur situation getting worse, blames all parties, calls for sanctions all-round
Ghassan Charbel on Lebanon – Al Hayat – “The Lebanese formula is by all means unique. It is a Tabbouleh plate whose ingredients have to be carefully weighed. Too much bulgur and it is an indigestion. Foreign parsley ruins its pleasure. The oil and onions have to be carefully handled, and the to
The Alliance of Egyptian Americans – New group seeks to foster democratic change