Links 8 December 2010

• SayedDarwishElBahr
  Comprehensive site dedicated to Egyptian composer Sayyed Darwish (composer of the music in the above romanssy awy video)

• LRB · Adam Shatz · Desire Was Everywhere
  If you're into French radical philosophers - and who isn't these days? - read Adam Shatz on the original D&G. (That's Deleuze & Guattari, of course.)
• WikiLeaks cables: Lockerbie bomber freed after Gaddafi's 'thuggish' threats | World news | The Guardian
  Qadhafi threated UK about trade ties to get Megrahi release. BP can then thank Blair.
• MOROCCO: For cheap Saudi oil, Rabat broke ties with Iran, cracked down on Shiites, leaked cable says | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times
  Wikileaks cables says Morocco broke ties with Iran, cracked down on Shias for Saudi cheap oil.
• "friday-lunch-club": Wikileaks [28]: US weary of Syrian Official (?): 'Do not look for Syria, Hezbollah & Hamas to "fight this battle".....'
  Syria-Hizbullah-Iran tensions highlighted in this Wikileaks cable.
• Anecdotal Evidence « LRB blog
  Hugh Miles on al-Jazeera, Qatar, Egypt, Saudi and Wikileaks.
• Six months on: Little sign of improvement in Gaza - AlertNet
  Things have not changed much in Gaza since the siege was eased.
• Mohamed ElBaradei on Egypt's Elections: 'Egyptians Have Had Enough' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
  ElBaradei: "Egypt is a self-sufficient, one-party regime that stays in power by maintaining a draconian state of emergency"
• Twelve Theses on Wikileaks - Le Monde diplomatique - English edition
  12 theses on Wikileaks - recommended.
• The Death of Neoconservatism: Six Questions for C. Bradley Thompson—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine)
  Neoconservatism: An obituary for an idea.
• WikiLeaks: Saudi plan for anti-Hezbollah force (AFP)
  Wikileaks Cable says Saudi wanted to set up Arab force with US, NATO and UN against Hizbullah.