Links 12-15 November 2012

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• Advice to Obama: Make More Friends in Congress
  V. good on Obama's chief problem. Hope his next CoS is Klain or Daschle or someone who can work Congress.
• Freedom and Justice Party Statement on Assassination of Qassam Commander Ahmed Jaabari - Ikhwanweb
• Une chanson pour Gaza : le Crif pour la censure ? - Les blogs du Diplo
  A nasty example of the Israel lobby in France.
• David Petraeus Affair Photos
  Brilliant.
• Women assault, cut hair of Christian woman on metro | Egypt Independent
  I'd like to pummel the person who did this.
• StillSUDAN: President Bashir: throat politics
  Does Bashir have cancer?
• L’Égypte – musulmane et délurée – des salles obscures (1/2) | Culture et politique arabes
• Egypt's corruption investigators zoom in on tycoon's private jet sale - The National
• Gul urges Turkey to stay on EU path - FT.com
  Against Erdogan.
• New generation empowered in Saudi - FT.com
  Of al-Sauds, of course.
• Independent rights groups excluded by Egyptian government from meeting with EU
• Tunisia Battles Over Pulpits and a Revolution’s Legacy - NYTimes.com
  On the effin' Salafis.
• Central Bank denies transferring funds to Morsy's son | Egypt Independent
  Ridiculous.
• La France reconnaît l'opposition syrienne unifiée comme "seule représentante du peuple"
  Et voila!
• Syria Presses Bombardment of Border Town
• Top News: Constituent Assembly Finalizes 14 Articles, NGOs and Ministry of Defense Reject Draft
• Development: Towards a bona fide bazaar - FT.com
  Good piece on Arab street vendors.
• Egypt's Brotherhood denies report about Muslim Sisters demanding top posts - Ahram Online
  Ghozlan not happy about idea of women in Guidance Bureau.
• FJP drafts amendment to Israel peace treaty for Morsy, Parliament to review
  Er… treaties are renegotiated bilaterally, you know.
• Cabinet reshuffle mulled, says newspaper
  the blame game begins.
• Iranian Blogger Sattar Beheshti Tortured to Death
• Major reshuffle at Egypt interior ministry leaves critics unappeased - Ahram Online
  There's a human rights dept. now.
• BBC News - Syria crisis: Gulf states recognise Syria opposition
  As legitimate govt.
• Syrian Rebels Map
  Provincial breakdown of rebel group affiliation.
• UAE goes to war against the internet
• [toread] The nationalisation of Egypt’s civil society - Daily News Egypt
  the nationalisation of #egypt's civil society: '[gov't] intervention in operation of CSOs is door for corruption' — #MB
• The Unbearable Indolence of Dr. Mursi
• Egypt plans new deficit-reduction steps - media
• ECOWAS agrees to Mali intervention force - Al Jazeera English