Links February 9th to February 11th

Links for February 9th through February 11th:

• Saudi royal Prince Bandar Bin Sultan's assets frozen - BAE lawsuit slowl moving along
• Egypt deserves support to resolve Gaza crisis - Egyptian consul writes op-ed in SF Chronicle
• U.S. pushes Israel to accept proposed Egypt border deal - " The U.S. wants Israel to show some flexibility on Egypt's demand to add 750 soldiers to its border force, as well as to agree to Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's proposal to take over responsibility for the Israel-Gaza Strip border. "
• Cindy Sheehan in Cairo to Monitor MB Military Trial - Errr... why?
• The Arab media | How governments handle the news - The Economist on the strangulation of Arab media
• Cindy Sheehan in Cairo to Monitor MB Military Trial - Errr... why?
• The Arab media | How governments handle the news - The Economist on the strangulation of Arab media

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Links January 25th and January 26th

Automatically posted links for January 25th through January 26th:

• The Arab - New London-based magazine on MENA
• MidEast Brief::Egypt - Newish website links to articles on region
• Egypt says will keep border open and help Gazans restock - Unable to stop flow of people, Egypt maintains borders open
• Abbas: No talks with Hamas despite Gaza border chaos - Abu Mazen turns down Cairo talks with Hamas
• PALESTINIANS CREATE NEW BREACHES DESPITE EGYPTIAN ATTEMPTS TO SEAL THE BORDER - Article mentions Egyptian tanks on their way to border
• Gaza source: Hamas planned border wall blast for months - Amira Hass
• Gaza into Egypt Middle East Strategy at Harvard - M. Kramer revives "give Gaza a chunk of Egypt" idea, good response by S. Cook
• The People in Gaza Challenge Sham Peace Process - Juan Cole's Informed Comment hosts Joel Beinin op-ed
• ANALYSIS: Gaza border breach shows Israel that Hamas is in charge - Haaretz analysis
• ?????????? ?????: ????: ???? ?? ???? ??? ??????? ????? ??? - Mahdi Akef denied that Khaled Meshaal asked him to stage Gaza siege demos
• Furlough Day for Gazans (Prospects for Peace) - Daniel Levy
• Appeal for the defense of individual freedoms - Moroccan liberals call for right to individual freedoms after Islamist gay witch-hunt
• Egypt's Gaza policy / A pan-Arab consensus? - Haaretz analyzes Egypt's tough position re: Gaza and Hamas

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Links January 23rd and January 24th

Automatically posted links for January 23rd through January 24th:

• Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi : "La Mauritanie n'est pas un pays de prédilection pour les terroristes" - Afrique - Le Monde interview with Mauritanian president
• Egypt holds scores from Brotherhood over Gaza protests - Backlash against MB for organizing first major protests since 2006
• Gazans flood through Egypt border - Things are not looking good, especially as Israelis have cut fuel supplies again
• YouTube - TPMtv: War of Attrition - Excerpts from Democratic debate - some good jousting there
• The worst market crisis in 60 years - George Soros in the FT on the current financial crisis

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Links for January 13th

Automatically posted links for January 13th:

• Arab Stereotypes in American Film - Jack Shaheen short
• Barack Obama - I'm sure we've seen him somewhere before - Armando Iannucci on Obama: it's dead on
• Comment is free: Laughing at dictatorship - Ibrahim Hudaibi on Mubarak jokes
• Arabs eye £500m Liverpool buy-out | Sport | The Observer - Dubai group to buy Liverpool FC
• Citi Looking Abroad For Major Investors - WSJ.com - Waleed Bin Talal to invest

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Links for January 6th

Automatically posted links for January 6th:

• Report: FBI translator says Israel planted nuclear 'moles' in U.S. - Another twist the Larry Franklin affair / Israeli spy operation in US
• Interview with Khalil Enani - Author of new book on Muslim Brothers
• Egypt police torture mentally handicapped boy - Can a day pass without one of these stories?
• Egypt court jails three police in abuse case - Another conviction against police torturers
• al-Qaida Videos Now on Cell Phones - Bin Laden & co. develop multimedia distribution platforms

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Links for November 29th

Automatically posted links for November 29th:

• Toward a New U.S.-Middle East Strategy - Saban Center (eeekh!) and CFR team up for Mideast policy recommendations for next prez
• Foes Use Obama's Muslim Ties to Fuel Rumors About Him - washingtonpost.com - "Obama aides sharply disputed the initial stories suggesting that he was a Muslim, and in Iowa, the campaign keeps a letter at its offices, signed by five members of the local clergy, vouching for the candidate's Christian faith." I like these conspiracy
• 1973 U.S. Cable on Mideast Mirrors Current Events - washingtonpost.com - "In January 1974, with the Watergate scandal making headlines, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat wrote in a secret letter to Faisal that President Richard M. Nixon "could easily be impeached" and that "Arabs must do everything they can to strengthen" Nixon, a
• Seven Years for Murder - More Egyptian police officers sentenced for torture
• Trappist Command: Thou Shalt Not Buy Too Much of Our Beer - WSJ.com - I have had this beer, and it really is something else. It tingles against your palate and feels incredibly velvety and smooth. The bizarre sensation lingers a long time, numbing your mouth, and its bouquet is very subtle for such a strong beer, with very
• L?affaire du faux mariage homosexuel s?avère être une manipulation politique - This article (from a very pro-regime newspaper) accuses the Islamist movement in Morocco that is close to the PJD of nearly lynching a man involved in a rather sordid affair of "homosexual marriage" in northern Morocco. If you check at-Tajdid, the PJD-fri
• ??? ????? - The site of Muslim Brotherhood activist and blogger Ahmed Mohsen, who was arrested in Fayoum along with 25 people who were apparently planning their strategy to contest next year's municipal elections
• New term for Egypt CB governor - al-Okdah's reappointment should squash persistent rumors that he is in the running for becoming PM. Nazif probably to stay for another year at least
• Saudis See Potential for Influence in Sharif - WSJ.com - An interesting look at Saudi policy towards Pak, based on the fall of Musharraf
• Al Jadid Magazine - New issue of US-based Arab culture mag out, including a look at the World Press Photo pic from Lebanon, an interview with Alaa al-Aswany, and a lot more

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