Links 10 February 2011
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Tamer Moustafa, the best person to answer that question.
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Blake Hounshell interviews ElBaradei, who does not like the army or big businessmen like Sawiris. Good for him.
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From NPR's excellent Planet Money, a look at the business of Egypt's military.
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I wish I had read this before all this upheaval.
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Nice piece by Omar Ashour.
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Hossam Badrawi says Hosni should step down.
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Egypt Working Group in another briefing with NSC. No one knows what to expect.
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WINEP poll. I don't trust polls generally, to be honest, especially is very fluid situations.
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And for the person that will follow him.
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We can't say we haven't been warned.
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The US-Egypt relationship.
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The Pollard case and the depth of Israeli spying in the US.
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When the Saidis come, it will be over for the Menoufis.
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Gaber Asfour gets a spine transplant.
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Interesting story on the protests in Yemen and tribalism.
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Belgium following Tunisian, Egyptian example on 17 Feb. About time.
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Long piece on Ikhwan, but I think it overstates their social outreach and understates their ambiguity vis-a-vis the regime.
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The "Down with Hosni Mubarak" song.
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This is Suleiman's transition.
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Just the beginning...
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House of cards...
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Powerful.
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Good interview with Alaa AbdelFattah
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"The Egyptian military has secretly detained hundreds and possibly thousands of suspected government opponents since mass protests against President Hosni Mubarak began, and at least some of these detainees have been tortured, according to testimony gathered by the Guardian."
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On the Tahrir youth.
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Strikes, strikes, strikes.
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The PA, turncoats and Quislings to the last.