Links 3 February 2011

• The Egyptian Constitution’s Rulebook for Change | The Middle East Channel
  Option #3 please.
• Egypt’s Bumbling Brotherhood - NYTimes.com
  Finally someone put the MB in their rightful place for the moment, so I don't have to.
• Cairo’s Band of Geeks Survives Tahrir Square Assault | Danger Room | Wired.com
  The geek will inherit the earth.
• The war on journalists
  Shame.
• Crisis Group Statement on the Situation in Egypt - International Crisis Group
  An unrealistic statement.
• Bitterlemons-international - Middle East Round Table
  A piece I wrote last week on the Tunisian impact in North Africa.
• Media in the line of fire in Egypt - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
  A lot of my journalist friends were beaten by mobs too.
• Mr. Mubarak Holds Egypt Hostage | The Middle East Channel
  Michael Hanna.
• Exit the Israel Alibi - NYTimes.com
  Roger Cohen on the right track but still rather condescending.
• On the Battle Lines - WSJ.com
  Fantastic reporting from Tahrir by Charles Levinson.
• MEI Editor's Blog: The Egyptian Army's Hamlet Moment
  A coup by younger officer would be preferable to this mess.
• Egypt: Army Neutrality Under Suspicion After Clashes - TIME
  Asking the right question.
• Into Egypt’s Uncharted Territory by Hesham Sallam, Joshua Stacher and Chris Toensing
  MERIP.
• Frank Wisner: Paid Lobbyist for Egyptian Government and leading “commercial families in Egypt” « The Mideastwire Blog
  Obama's envoy has close ties to army.
• YouTube - Mona Seif, Egyptian Activist from inside Tahrir Square
  Testimony.
• In Cairo Streets, a Fight for the Arab Future - NYTimes.com
  Anthony Shadid.
• Winter of Discontent | The Nation (Laila Lalami)
  The Morocco writer on Tunisia and Egypt and the return of secular forces.