Links for April 29 - May 1 2010

A friend sent this picture, which is quite funny:

Here are the links:

• Why Aren’t Democracy Dissidents as Famous as Their Predecessors?

  Good question from POMED. I suspect, for some, because they're Arab.

• Philip K. Dick’s ‘Exegesis’ Will Receive Two-Volume Release - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

  Can't wait.

• PRC Report on Israeli Mass Expulsion

  Israel's ethnic cleansing plans.

• AFP: US, Egypt negotiate Mideast nuclear-free zone: report

  Wow. I'd like to see that.

• Lessons from a Syrian Drug Bust - WSJ.com

  It's not often you see the WSJ and AEI praise Syria.

• Clinton: Syria's provocations may plunge Middle East into war - Haaretz - Israel News

  Even though US intelligence officials say no scuds. Pandering to a Zionist audience?

• Israeli officials: Obama to call world summit if Mideast peace talks fail - Haaretz - Israel News

  If = when.

• New Sahel-Saharan joint military command opens in Algeria (Magharebia.com)

  Chasing AQIM in the desert.

• FT.com / Middle East - Morocco counts cost of recession overseas

  Slowdown in remittances.

• Egyptian law gives fanatics free rein | Brian Whitaker | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

  On the 1001 nights ban.

• Shell drafted letter Tony Blair sent to Gaddafi while Prime Minister - Times Online

  Tony Blair, lobbyist (while PM)

• Minority Report

  Zionist rag TNR's take on HRW's Israel problem.