Links 15-16 June 2011

• News Desk: Zawahiri at the Helm : The New Yorker
  My take on Al Qaeda's new leader:
• Ret'd. CIA Official Alleges Bush White House Used Agency to "Get" Cole | Informed Comment
  Black ops againt Juan Cole?
• The Dark Closet - By Daniel Nassar | Foreign Policy
  How McMaster hurt Syria's real gay community.
• FT.com - Syria’s finances under scrutiny
  Syria could run out of money by year's end.
• FT.com - Goldman intern had link to Libyan fund
• FT.com - Why Syria will get away with it
  Libya, Syria, Gates' speech and the end of interventionist NATO.
• Useless book reviews in the FT
  True of FT Weekend's decline.
• When it comes to real reform, Obama's bark is bigger than his bite
  Obama's biggest problem, I think, is that he doesn't bring the fight.
• Is There a Showdown at the UN Looming for Saudi-US Relations? | SUSRIS
  Saudis pushing Obama on Palestine. But what is really about for them?
• Morocco Protest Watch | مرصد الاحتجاجات في المغرب (84)
  FB page on #feb20
• The Unknown Moroccan Islamists | The Middle East Channel
  On Adl wal Ihsan.
• Maroc : le roi face à la tentation sécuritaire - Libération
  Moulay Hisham.
• (500) http://www.bahrainindependent.com/2011/06/15/cnnbbc-aljazeera-angels-of-mercy/
  detailed account of the hospital violations in #bahrain ( @jonsnowC4 @emile_hokayem @carlbildt @arabist @TLHRCommission
• The magical realism of body counts - Al Jazeera English
  Counting the victims of drone attacks.
• UPDATE: AIPAC accuses PA of 'engaging in diplomatic warfare' against Israel - Washington Jewish Week
  AIPAC's war against Obama by proxy.
• SCAF promises to reconsider military trials
  Kind of.
• New Egypt? 7,000 civilians jailed since Mubarak fell
  And tried in military courts