Links 9 December 2010

From the excellent Tumblog "KimJong Il looking at things", which deserves a Middle Eastern version.

• WikiLeaks : “L’Algérie appuie l’Égypte dans sa position sur Gaza”
  The one thing Egypt and Algeria agree on: blockading Gaza, going after Hamas.

• Wikileaks, the US, AQIM, and the Sahel « Sahel Blog
  Sahel blog on Wilileaks, the US in the Maghreb and Sahel, AQIM etc.
• Jordan: Restaurant Owner Ousts Israelis | Human Rights Watch
  HRW treats a restaurant refusing to serve Israeli Jews with same urgency as Jordan's election fraud or torture policies. WTF?
• Egyptian Chronicles: Dr.ElBaradei’s Newest Video Message
  Zeinobia has latest ElBaradei video, saying democracy is worse in Egypt than Afghanistan.
• WikiLeaks cables: Shell's grip on Nigerian state revealed | Business | The Guardian
  Wikileaks Cable reveals Shell control of Nigerian politics.
• Brian Whitaker's blog, December 2010
  Where is the (Hillary) Clinton initiative on internet freedom after Wikileaks?
• WikiLeaks in the Moral Void by Christian Caryl | NYRBlog | The New York Review of Books
  This guy, on NYR blog, doesn't seem to get the anarchist and anti-US message of Wikileaks.
• A New Khaled Said in Alexandria again: Mostafa Atteya a 39 years old father of three has been kicked to death and dragged across the street by two Egyptian policemen | We are all Khaled Said
  Another death due to police brutality in Alexandria.

Comments

[Ashraf]

I think the HRW statement regarding the story of restaurant is quite alarming. It is not only a question of wrong priorities as you commented but basically it is an attempt to delegitimize the growing call for boycotting Israel.