{"id":2952,"date":"2009-03-16T07:01:11","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T07:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2009-03-16T07:01:11","modified_gmt":"2009-03-16T07:01:11","slug":"2009-3-16-links-for-march-16th-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2952","title":{"rendered":"Links for March 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">\n<p>Links from my del.icio.us account for March 16th:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=101754720&amp;sc=emaf\">Freeman Explains His Intelligence Post Withdrawal : NPR<\/a> &#8211; Chas Freeman interviewed on NPR.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2009\/03\/did-schumer-and-emanuel-sink-freeman.html\">Informed Comment: Did Schumer and Emanuel Sink Freeman?<\/a> &#8211; Juan Cole: &quot;Israeli Apartheid will continue unabated under Obama.&quot;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/turcopolier.typepad.com\/sic_semper_tyrannis\/2009\/03\/freeman-speaks-out-on-his-exit.html\">Sic Semper Tyrannis : Freeman speaks out on his exit<\/a> &#8211; &quot;It is apparent that we Americans cannot any longer conduct a serious public discussion or exercise independent judgment about matters of great importance to our country as well as to our allies and friends.&quot;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/sawiris-clan-in-forbes-2009-world.html\">Egyptian chronicles: The Sawiris Clan in the Forbes 2009 World&#8217;s billionaires<\/a> &#8211; The Sawiris brothers tumble in the most-rich list. I remember Naguib once was #63, now he is 205 and his brother Nassef is nine places ahead.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/forbes\/2009\/0330\/092-cannot-wait-to-be-king.html\">I Just Can&#8217;t Wait to Be King &#8211; Forbes.com<\/a> &#8211; On al-Waleed bin Talal, who just lost $8bn and slipped out of the top 20 billionaires&#39; list.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/harpers.org\/archive\/2009\/03\/hbc-90004542\">Did Cheney Run a Murder-on-demand Program?&mdash;By Scott Horton (Harper&#8217;s Magazine)<\/a> &#8211; Surely not. He&#39;s a nice guy.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoninstitute.org\/templateC05.php?CID=3026\">Buying Time with Iran: The F-22 Fighter<\/a> &#8211; Lobby outfit WINEP fantasizes about what it could do with the F-22, the most insanely expensive jet fighter ever (in age of guerrilla warfare), and advocates transfering this bleeding edge technology to Israel (which has not contributed to its R&amp;D) because they could use it to bomb bomb bomb Iran. Has there ever been a more delightful marriage of Zionism and the military industrial complex?<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mondediplo.com\/2009\/03\/03warcrimes\">Israel&rsquo;s war crimes &#8211; Le Monde diplomatique &#8211; English edition<\/a> &#8211; Richard Falk.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monde-diplomatique.fr\/2008\/12\/AITA\/16582\">R&ecirc;ves contrari&eacute;s &agrave; Duba&iuml;, par Samir Aita (Le Monde diplomatique)<\/a> &#8211; Gulf markets lose 50% of value in six months, Dubai real estate plummets by 70%.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/themagneszionist.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/traub-on-khalidi-in-todays-ny-times.html\">The Magnes Zionist: Traub on Khalidi in Today&rsquo;s NY Times<\/a> &#8211; Very good post on a NYT review of Rashid Khalidi&#39;s new book on America&#39;s Middle East imperium. The reviewer says Khalidi ignores the Arab role in the dismal situation of the Arab world, thus showing anti-Western bias. That would be completely ignoring, for example, Khalidi&#39;s &quot;The Iron Cage&quot; which goes on at depressing lengths about crappy Palestinian leadership.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20090316\/wl_afp\/mideastpoliticsisrael\">Netanyahu signs coalition accord with far-right<\/a> &#8211; Lieberman to be foreign minister. Every country in the world should refuse to meet with him and treat him like Austria&#39;s Jorg Haider was treated. OK now back to reality: he will be in Sharm al-Sheikh within weeks.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1071309.html\">Egypt said planning to invite Netanyahu for official visit &#8211; Haaretz &#8211; Israel News<\/a> &#8211; I wouldn&#39;t be so sure, but then again considering Egypt&#39;s tolerance for murderous Israeli leaders in recent years I wouldn&#39;t be surprised either.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">\n<p>Links from my del.icio.us account for March 16th:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=101754720&amp;sc=emaf\">Freeman Explains His Intelligence Post Withdrawal : NPR<\/a> &#8211; Chas Freeman interviewed on NPR.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2009\/03\/did-schumer-and-emanuel-sink-freeman.html\">Informed Comment: Did Schumer and Emanuel Sink Freeman?<\/a> &#8211; Juan Cole: &quot;Israeli Apartheid will continue unabated under Obama.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/turcopolier.typepad.com\/sic_semper_tyrannis\/2009\/03\/freeman-speaks-out-on-his-exit.html\">Sic Semper Tyrannis : Freeman speaks out on his exit<\/a> &#8211; &quot;It is apparent that we Americans cannot any longer conduct a serious public discussion or exercise independent judgment about matters of great importance to our country as well as to our allies and friends.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/sawiris-clan-in-forbes-2009-world.html\">Egyptian chronicles: The Sawiris Clan in the Forbes 2009 World&#8217;s billionaires<\/a> &#8211; The Sawiris brothers tumble in the most-rich list. I remember Naguib once was #63, now he is 205 and his brother Nassef is nine places ahead.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/forbes\/2009\/0330\/092-cannot-wait-to-be-king.html\">I Just Can&#8217;t Wait to Be King &#8211; Forbes.com<\/a> &#8211; On al-Waleed bin Talal, who just lost $8bn and slipped out of the top 20 billionaires&#39; list.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/harpers.org\/archive\/2009\/03\/hbc-90004542\">Did Cheney Run a Murder-on-demand Program?&mdash;By Scott Horton (Harper&#8217;s Magazine)<\/a> &#8211; Surely not. He&#39;s a nice guy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoninstitute.org\/templateC05.php?CID=3026\">Buying Time with Iran: The F-22 Fighter<\/a> &#8211; Lobby outfit WINEP fantasizes about what it could do with the F-22, the most insanely expensive jet fighter ever (in age of guerrilla warfare), and advocates transfering this bleeding edge technology to Israel (which has not contributed to its R&amp;D) because they could use it to bomb bomb bomb Iran. Has there ever been a more delightful marriage of Zionism and the military industrial complex?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mondediplo.com\/2009\/03\/03warcrimes\">Israel&rsquo;s war crimes &#8211; Le Monde diplomatique &#8211; English edition<\/a> &#8211; Richard Falk.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monde-diplomatique.fr\/2008\/12\/AITA\/16582\">R&ecirc;ves contrari&eacute;s &agrave; Duba&iuml;, par Samir Aita (Le Monde diplomatique)<\/a> &#8211; Gulf markets lose 50% of value in six months, Dubai real estate plummets by 70%.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/themagneszionist.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/traub-on-khalidi-in-todays-ny-times.html\">The Magnes Zionist: Traub on Khalidi in Today&rsquo;s NY Times<\/a> &#8211; Very good post on a NYT review of Rashid Khalidi&#39;s new book on America&#39;s Middle East imperium. The reviewer says Khalidi ignores the Arab role in the dismal situation of the Arab world, thus showing anti-Western bias. That would be completely ignoring, for example, Khalidi&#39;s &quot;The Iron Cage&quot; which goes on at depressing lengths about crappy Palestinian leadership.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20090316\/wl_afp\/mideastpoliticsisrael\">Netanyahu signs coalition accord with far-right<\/a> &#8211; Lieberman to be foreign minister. Every country in the world should refuse to meet with him and treat him like Austria&#39;s Jorg Haider was treated. OK now back to reality: he will be in Sharm al-Sheikh within weeks.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1071309.html\">Egypt said planning to invite Netanyahu for official visit &#8211; Haaretz &#8211; Israel News<\/a> &#8211; I wouldn&#39;t be so sure, but then again considering Egypt&#39;s tolerance for murderous Israeli leaders in recent years I wouldn&#39;t be surprised either.<\/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\/2952"}],"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=2952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}