Links for 17 February 2011

• Wonk Room » Niall Ferguson’s Phoned-In Obama Bashing
  The question I've got to ask: what the fuck does Niall Ferguson know about the mindset of the Egyptian military? I suspect about as much as I know about 19th century European financial systems.
• Hosni Mubarak’s Money Trail: Investigating Where His Billions Went - The Daily Beast
  Story about Hussein Salem - pretty thin though.
• AIUK : Egypt: Detainees allege torture at hands of military
  Will it be held accountable?
• Adam Hanieh, "Egypt's Uprising: Not Just a Question of 'Transition'"
  A Marxist analysis.
• AP News: Egypt's Suez Canal workers stage protest over pay
  Suez Canal workers now...
• Une source proche de la Présidence tunisienne confirme l'hospitalisation de Ben Ali
  Ben Ali hospitalized.
• Jordan's dirty hands in Bahrain
  Classic Arab security subcontracting to the Gulf states. Egypt and Morocco do this too.
• A roadmap for labor | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt
  A good op-ed suggesting a route for labor issues.
• Mahalla's textile workers strike despite army warnings | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt
  Old tactics in place against reporting on strikes.
• EU source: Mubaraks' assets not on freezing list | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt
  Still protecting the Mubaraks.
• Special report: Has Mohamed ElBaradei's time arrived? | Reuters
  I very much doubt it.
• Nehad Abul Komsan - Egypt's youth and the faux reformers
  A well-deserved attack on the self-appointed "committee of the wise" and other latecomers to the Egyptian revolution.
• Green Bay Packers Sound Off Against Gov. Scott 'Hosni' Walker | The Nation
  The Egypt effect... in Wisconsin?
• Guest Voices: Egypt deserves a constitution that fulfills the aspirations and needs of the people - On Faith at washingtonpost.com
  Op-ed by Grand Mufti of Egypt Ali Gomaa