{"id":814,"date":"2014-07-01T09:08:49","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T09:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=814"},"modified":"2014-07-01T09:08:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T09:08:49","slug":"2014-7-1-links-14-30-june-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=814","title":{"rendered":"Links 14-30 June 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul style=\"margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px\">\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/06\/28\/uk-saudi-defence-idUKKBN0F30LJ20140628\">Saudi king sacks deputy defence minister &#8211; royal court | Reuters<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>More signs of al-Saud family feuds<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cairobserver.com\/post\/90071995389\/egypts-cities-governed-by-spectacle#.U7JpqlazCf0\">Cairobserver \u2014 Egypt&#8217;s cities: governed by spectacle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/egypt-hosts-launch-new-qatari-opposition-group\/720067420\">Egypt hosts launch of new Qatari opposition group | Middle East Eye<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.libyaherald.com\/2014\/06\/30\/government-decides-to-legalise-firearms\/#axzz36CYeeYvQ\">Government decides to legalise firearms | Libya Herald<\/a><\/span><br \/>I&#8217;m sure all the militias will care.<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/7db65a58-002e-11e4-8aaf-00144feab7de.html?siteedition=intl#axzz367zTsa6D\">Kurds\u2019 deputy PM Talabani calls for decentralised Iraq<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/2938069\/egypt-moves-to-restrict-ramadan-sermons\/\">Egypt Moves to Restrict Ramadan Sermons | TIME<\/a><\/span><br \/>More religious control.<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/fb9a5ba6-fd4d-11e3-96a9-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=crm\/email\/201471\/nbe\/AlphavilleLondon\/product&amp;siteedition=intl\">Revisionist powers are driving the world\u2019s crises &#8211; FT<\/a><\/span><br \/>Mead vs. Ikenberry<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pomed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/al-NaggarOp-EdTranslation620-1.pdf\">On the Misconception of \u2018Security Before Democracy\u2019<\/a><\/span><br \/>Critical piece on Sisi regime by activist Mustafa al-\u00adNaggar (PDF)<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.madamasr.com\/content\/release-mubarak-sons-ordered-inquiry-continues-profiteering-case\">Release of Mubarak sons ordered as inquiry continues in profiteering case<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.madamasr.com\/content\/armed-forces-say-miracle-hcv-cure-needs-6-months-further-testing\">Armed Forces say miracle HCV cure needs 6 months of further testing<\/a><\/span><br \/>It lives!<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/matter\/this-is-what-its-like-to-be-a-journalist-in-an-egyptian-prison-c42239200fd6\">This Is What It\u2019s Like To Be a Journalist in an Egyptian Prison<\/a><\/span><br \/>The experience of Mohamed Badr, a Jazeera cameraman.<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2014\/06\/al-qaeda-iraq-syria-108214.html#.U6xPxv2Q4xp\">The Jihad Next Door<\/a><\/span><br \/>Interesting article highlights the Assad regime&#8217;s release of hundreds of jihadis in 2011<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lrb.co.uk\/v36\/n13\/stephen-w-smith\/diary?hq_e=el&amp;hq_m=3268286&amp;hq_l=29&amp;hq_v=61a0624cf7\">Stephen W. Smith on Chad<\/a><\/span><br \/>A rare look at the country.<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/middleeast\/2014\/06\/libyan-human-rights-activist-shot-dead-20146260613934335.html\">Libyan human rights activist shot dead<\/a><\/span><br \/>Lawyer Salwa Bugaighis assassinated in Benghazi<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.madamasr.com\/content\/tahrir-square-sexual-assaults-trial-begins\">Tahrir Square sexual assaults trial begins<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abonnes.lemonde.fr\/livres\/article\/2014\/06\/25\/kamel-daoud-double-camus_4445128_3260.html\">Kamel Daoud double Camus<\/a><\/span><br \/>&#8220;The Stranger&#8221; rewritten from victim&#8217;s perspective<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/06\/24\/opinion\/beware-libyas-fair-dictator.html?smid=tw-share\">Beware Libya\u2019s \u2018Fair Dictator\u2019 &#8211; NYT<\/a><\/span><br \/>Pointed rebuke to US ambiguity on Haftar.<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/carnegieendowment.org\/2014\/06\/24\/military-crowds-out-civilian-business-in-egypt\/hedq\">The Military Crowds Out Civilian Business in Egypt &#8211; Carnegie<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.egyptindependent.com\/news\/egyptian-army-unlikely-survive-moment-truth-sting-operation-reveals-flawed-science-behind-compl\">Sting operation reveals flawed science behind the &#8216;Complete Cure Device&#8217;<\/a><\/span><br \/>Meanwhile army claims cure for Hep C\/Aids will be available on June 30<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/interactive\/2014\/06\/infographic-explaining-libyas-election-2014624134840313976.html\">Infographic: Explaining Libya\u2019s election &#8211; Al Jazeera English<\/a><\/span><br \/>Useful.<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Uo-xLQPUFjA\">The Infiltrator<\/a><\/span><br \/>A documentary about those mysterious &#8220;thugs&#8221; in Egypt<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/c7a55354-fae2-11e3-8959-00144feab7de.html?siteedition=intl#axzz35X3QrgaE\">The brutality of Egypt\u2019s regime &#8211; FT.com<\/a><\/span><br \/>Editorial says &#8220;tough approach&#8221; needed towards Sisi<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gulfanalysis.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/30\/dammit-it-is-not-unravelling-an-historians-rebuke-to-misrepresentations-of-sykes-picot\/\">Dammit, It Is NOT Unravelling: An Historian\u2019s Rebuke to Misrepresentations of Sykes-Picot<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/06\/21\/egyptian-social-media-monitoring-first\/\">Wanted: Egyptian Police on the Hunt for Sophisticated Surveillance Tool<\/a><\/span><br \/>Interior has issued tender for system to conduct &#8220;social networking security hazard monitoring&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/jun\/22\/disappeared-egyptians-torture-secret-military-prison\">Egypt\u2019s secret prison: \u2018disappeared\u2019 face torture in Azouli military jail<\/a><\/span><br \/>Where they are &#8220;coached&#8221; into giving terrorism confessions<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/hikm.wordpress.com\/2006\/03\/21\/the-native-informant-a-profile-of-fouad-ajami\/\">The Native Informant: A Profile of Fouad Ajami<\/a><\/span><br \/>Adam Shatz&#8217;s classic 2003 portrait of the late scholar and supporter of US imperial interventions<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/paper-bird.net\/2014\/06\/23\/yara-sallam-in-jail-and-the-moral-bankruptcy-of-the-united-states\/\">Yara Sallam in jail, and the moral bankruptcy of the United States<\/a><\/span><br \/>After a peaceful protest was attacked on June 21<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2014\/06\/19\/how_maliki_ruined_iraq_armed_forces_isis\">How Maliki Ruined Iraq<\/a><\/span><br \/>Zaid Al Ali blames political elite&#8217;s corruption and hunger for power<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/8e7daff0-f78f-11e3-90fa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=crm\/email\/2014624\/nbe\/AlphavilleLondon\/product&amp;siteedition=intl#axzz35X3QrgaE\">Tony Blair eyes Abu Dhabi office as he looks to expand Middle East role &#8211; FT<\/a><\/span><br \/>&#8220;There is chemistry between him and Mohammed bin Zayed.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/eipr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pressreleases\/pdf\/weeks_of_killing_en.pdf\">Weeks of killing<\/a><\/span><br \/>Important report, full of testimonies, by Egyptian NGO on the violence following Morsi&#8217;s ouster.<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lrb.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/06\/18\/ursula-lindsey\/free-alaa-abdel-fattah\/\">Free Alaa Abdel Fattah<\/a><\/span><br \/>@ursulind on the crackdown on Egyptian activists<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mobile.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-06-15\/jihadis-recruitment-drive-in-riyadh-revives-biggest-saudi-threat.html\">Jihadi Recruitment in Riyadh Revives Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Greatest Fear &#8211; Bloomberg<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/m.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Middle-East\/2014\/Jun-17\/260396-arab-states-urge-reconciliation-blame-sectarian-policies.ashx\">Arab states urge reconciliation, blame sectarian policies<\/a><\/span><br \/>Hahahahaha.<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\nhttp:\/\/www.jadaliyya.com\/pages\/index\/18143\/on-recent-events-in-mosul-and-other-cities-in-iraq\">On Recent Events in Mosul and Other Cities in Iraq<\/a><\/span><br \/>A statement from the Federation of Workers&#8217; Councils and Unions in Iraq<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.niqash.org\/articles\/?id=3458\">Why iraqis are celebrating islamic extremists\u2019 takeover of their city<\/a><\/span><br \/>Interesting report on ISIS&#8217; reception (and directives to locals) in Mosul<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/en\/variety\/2014\/06\/14\/Egyptian-actress-says-a-visit-from-Sisi-worth-sex-attack-.html\">Egyptian actress says a visit from Sisi \u2018worth sex attack\u2019<\/a><\/span><br \/>Just when you think people can sink no lower<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/file\/d\/0B1zsNnmPuiMvWk80TmVrV2NPQ1k\/edit?pli=1\">Letters from prison<\/a><\/span><br \/>Testimonies from Egypt&#8217;s jails over the last year, collected by the Nadim Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/06\/28\/uk-saudi-defence-idUKKBN0F30LJ20140628\">Saudi king sacks deputy defence minister &#8211; royal court | Reuters<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>More signs of al-Saud family feuds<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cairobserver.com\/post\/90071995389\/egypts-cities-governed-by-spectacle#.U7JpqlazCf0\">Cairobserver \u2014 Egypt&#8217;s cities: governed by spectacle<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/egypt-hosts-launch-new-qatari-opposition-group\/720067420\">Egypt hosts launch of new Qatari opposition group | Middle East Eye<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.libyaherald.com\/2014\/06\/30\/government-decides-to-legalise-firearms\/#axzz36CYeeYvQ\">Government decides to legalise firearms | Libya Herald<\/a><\/span><br \/>I&#8217;m sure all the militias will care.<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/7db65a58-002e-11e4-8aaf-00144feab7de.html?siteedition=intl#axzz367zTsa6D\">Kurds\u2019 deputy PM Talabani calls for decentralised Iraq<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/2938069\/egypt-moves-to-restrict-ramadan-sermons\/\">Egypt Moves to Restrict Ramadan Sermons | TIME<\/a><\/span><br \/>More religious control.<\/li>\n<li><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/fb9a5ba6-fd4d-11e3-96a9-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=crm\/email\/201471\/nbe\/AlphavilleLondon\/product&amp;siteedition=intl\">Revisionist powers are driving the world\u2019s crises &#8211; FT<\/a><\/span><br \/>Mead vs. Ikenberry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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\/814"}],"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=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}