Links February 27th to March 19th

(I had temporarily deactivated the script that takes the delicious links onto the blog, here is a month's worth -- but no recent links) 

Links from my del.icio.us account for February 27th through March 19th:

• Israel's Shin Bet launches blog - The Israeli secret service - go troll now


• Egyptian Universities Strike - Blog of professors for academic independence


• Iraq: Worth the Price - washingtonpost.com - Newsflash: Hitchens still silly, silly man


• The United States presents Cinerama in Damascus, 1954 - An example of successful public diplomacy


• Fallon's "No Iran War" Line Angered White House - CENTCOM chief's line against Iran war pissed off Bushies


• Arab Reform Bulletin: March 2008 - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - The new issue


• Egypt Targest Moderate Muslim Brothers - Mona al-Tahawy on Khaled Hamza


• Explosion at Times Square Causes Minor Damage - WSJ.com - Military recruitment center targeted by anarchist?


• Le Monde.fr : Les �crivains arabes choqu�s et divis�s - Report on uproar on Israel being special guest of French book fair, much talked about in Arab press


• Can Fatah survive? - Mouin Rabbani on the Fatah internal divisions


• LRB · John Lanchester: Riots, Terrorism etc - Review of "Flat Earth News" on poor quality of British reporting


• Food Prices Hit Subsidy Plans - WSJ.com - Impact of high grain prices on Arab countries


• Keep 'Enemies' close to heart - Review of Arab-American playwright Youssef al-Guindi's "Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat"


• Should Egypt embrace Iran's overtures? - An argument against


• Vanity's Fair? - On The Plane - Why is Rice not commenting on Vanity Fair article?


• Islamists Today: Suppressing the Muslim Brotherhood is not a solution - Khalil al-Enani argues suppression will encourage Salafism


• Rice Waives Withholding Of Aid To Egypt Over Human Rights - US ends only sanction taken against anti-democratic backlash in Egypt


• The Gaza Bombshell: vanityfair.com - How the US funded Dahlan's coup attempt against Hamas


• Overcoming 'Fitna' - Former US democracy promotion chief on Egypt's role towards Dutch film / Danish cartoons


• Wal-Mart: Arab-America?s Store - Dearborn, MI Wal-Mart stocks Arab food


• Rough justice for Egypt's Brotherhood - Very nice interview of Khairat al-Shater's daughter about ongoing arrests


• Iranian Internet users face blockage during coming election - IHT - Iran contemplaying turning internet off during elections


• ElBaradei is quietly managing to disarm Iran - Takeyh & Cirincione commentary in FT


• It's the Middle East, Stupid - Michael Oren imagines all-out war


• Sanctions on Businessman Target Syria's Inner Sanctum - Rami Makhlouf, key regime business figure, targeted