{"id":2911,"date":"2009-02-23T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2911"},"modified":"2009-02-23T14:00:01","modified_gmt":"2009-02-23T14:00:01","slug":"2009-2-23-links-february-22nd-to-february-23rd-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2911","title":{"rendered":"Links February 22nd to February 23rd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">\n<p>Links from my del.icio.us account for February 22nd through February 23rd:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB123532630416442781.html\">Dubai Gets $10 Billion Bailout to Ease Debt &#8211; WSJ.com<\/a> &#8211; Dubai gets bailed out by its big brothers.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB123535584342445343.html\">Gulf States Bet on Africa &#8211; WSJ.com<\/a> &#8211; Gulf Arabs still investing massively in African agrobusiness: &quot;What the Arabs are doing for us is what colonialists should have done for Africa,&quot; said Djibouti President Ismail Guelleh, whose sliver of a nation on the Horn of Africa is enjoying an economic turnaround thanks primarily to Gulf money. &quot;It&#39;s like a new Marshall Plan.&quot;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/02\/19\/opinion\/19cohen.html?_r=1\">Op-Ed Columnist &#8211; ROGER COHEN &#8211; Reading Khamenei in Tehran &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a> &#8211; Here&#39;s something you don&#39;t see often in the NYT: &quot;Obama must abandon military threats to Iran&rsquo;s nuclear program in favor of an approach recognizing the country&rsquo;s inevitable mastery of the nuclear fuel cycle, while securing verifiable conditions that ensure such mastery is not diverted to bomb manufacturing. That addresses Iran&rsquo;s intellectual pride (as well as the fact that the neighborhood includes the nuclear-armed powers of Israel, Pakistan and India).<br \/>He must redirect U.S. policy toward Israel-Palestine to make Hamas-Fatah reconciliation a core American objective, recognize that the &ldquo;terrorist&rdquo; label is an inadequate description of the broad movements that are Hamas and Hezbollah and end the Israel-can-do-no-wrong policy that sabotages a two-state solution. This would allow Khamenei to claim that his demands for Palestinian justice &mdash; as the self-styled leader of the world&rsquo;s Muslims &mdash; have been heard.&quot;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5iMs3A9emvFYB3IrmkVTiHy3_tiqw\">AFP: Egypt arrests three over deadly bazaar bombing<\/a> &#8211; On last night&#39;s bomb attack.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/article.asp?id=16951\">World record Islamic sale is cancelled &#8211; The Art Newspaper<\/a> &#8211; Art \/ auction world controversy over alleged &quot;key to the Kaaba&quot;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/02\/21\/AR2009022101234_pf.html\">From Captive To Suicide Bomber<\/a> &#8211; Did Gitmo make a radical more radical?<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/bensmith\/0209\/A_test_for_the_Israeli_lobby.html\">Ben Smith&#8217;s Blog: A test for the Israeli lobby &#8211; Politico.com<\/a> &#8211; A test for Obama, more like: &quot;Arabist&quot; diplomat Chas Freeman as head of National Intelligence Council is not thought kosher enough for AIPAC and friends.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1066326.html\">Olmert ousts Egypt mediator over &#8216;unseemly criticism of a PM&#8217; &#8211; Haaretz &#8211; Israel News<\/a> &#8211; Amos Gilad may have to abandon ceasefire negotiations &#8211; although ultimately he answers to Ehud Barak, not Ehud Olmert.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bellum.stanfordreview.org\/?p=286\">Bellum &raquo; Covert Action and Iran&rsquo;s Nuclear Program<\/a> &#8211; A look at various methods that may have been used to covertly disrupt Iran&#39;s nuke program, including manipulation of currency, sabotage, fake suppliers, etc. An interesting blog too.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB123518102536038463.html\">Mexico&#8217;s Drug Cartels May Have Become Too Powerful to Control &#8211; WSJ.com<\/a> &#8211; WSJ equates narco-criminality in Mexico with (narco-?) jihadism in Pakistan: &quot;The parallels between Pakistan and Mexico are strong enough that the U.S. military singled them out recently as the two countries where there is a risk the government could suffer a swift and catastrophic collapse, becoming a failed state.&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">\n<p>Links from my del.icio.us account for February 22nd through February 23rd:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB123532630416442781.html\">Dubai Gets $10 Billion Bailout to Ease Debt &#8211; WSJ.com<\/a> &#8211; Dubai gets bailed out by its big brothers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB123535584342445343.html\">Gulf States Bet on Africa &#8211; WSJ.com<\/a> &#8211; Gulf Arabs still investing massively in African agrobusiness: &quot;What the Arabs are doing for us is what colonialists should have done for Africa,&quot; said Djibouti President Ismail Guelleh, whose sliver of a nation on the Horn of Africa is enjoying an economic turnaround thanks primarily to Gulf money. &quot;It&#39;s like a new Marshall Plan.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/02\/19\/opinion\/19cohen.html?_r=1\">Op-Ed Columnist &#8211; ROGER COHEN &#8211; Reading Khamenei in Tehran &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a> &#8211; Here&#39;s something you don&#39;t see often in the NYT: &quot;Obama must abandon military threats to Iran&rsquo;s nuclear program in favor of an approach recognizing the country&rsquo;s inevitable mastery of the nuclear fuel cycle, while securing verifiable conditions that ensure such mastery is not diverted to bomb manufacturing. That addresses Iran&rsquo;s intellectual pride (as well as the fact that the neighborhood includes the nuclear-armed powers of Israel, Pakistan and India).<br \/>\nHe must redirect U.S. policy toward Israel-Palestine to make Hamas-Fatah reconciliation a core American objective, recognize that the &ldquo;terrorist&rdquo; label is an inadequate description of the broad movements that are Hamas and Hezbollah and end the Israel-can-do-no-wrong policy that sabotages a two-state solution. This would allow Khamenei to claim that his demands for Palestinian justice &mdash; as the self-styled leader of the world&rsquo;s Muslims &mdash; have been heard.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5iMs3A9emvFYB3IrmkVTiHy3_tiqw\">AFP: Egypt arrests three over deadly bazaar bombing<\/a> &#8211; On last night&#39;s bomb attack.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/article.asp?id=16951\">World record Islamic sale is cancelled &#8211; The Art Newspaper<\/a> &#8211; Art \/ auction world controversy over alleged &quot;key to the Kaaba&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/02\/21\/AR2009022101234_pf.html\">From Captive To Suicide Bomber<\/a> &#8211; Did Gitmo make a radical more radical?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/bensmith\/0209\/A_test_for_the_Israeli_lobby.html\">Ben Smith&#8217;s Blog: A test for the Israeli lobby &#8211; Politico.com<\/a> &#8211; A test for Obama, more like: &quot;Arabist&quot; diplomat Chas Freeman as head of National Intelligence Council is not thought kosher enough for AIPAC and friends.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1066326.html\">Olmert ousts Egypt mediator over &#8216;unseemly criticism of a PM&#8217; &#8211; Haaretz &#8211; Israel News<\/a> &#8211; Amos Gilad may have to abandon ceasefire negotiations &#8211; although ultimately he answers to Ehud Barak, not Ehud Olmert.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bellum.stanfordreview.org\/?p=286\">Bellum &raquo; Covert Action and Iran&rsquo;s Nuclear Program<\/a> &#8211; A look at various methods that may have been used to covertly disrupt Iran&#39;s nuke program, including manipulation of currency, sabotage, fake suppliers, etc. An interesting blog too.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB123518102536038463.html\">Mexico&#8217;s Drug Cartels May Have Become Too Powerful to Control &#8211; WSJ.com<\/a> &#8211; WSJ equates narco-criminality in Mexico with (narco-?) jihadism in Pakistan: &quot;The parallels between Pakistan and Mexico are strong enough that the U.S. military singled them out recently as the two countries where there is a risk the government could suffer a swift and catastrophic collapse, becoming a failed state.&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[211],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}