Links 11 March 2011

• Maroc : Fouad El Himma, « l’ami du roi », mouillé dans une affaire de corruption ?
  Looks like the king is sacrificing his best friend...
• Reforming Morocco: Taking Apart the King's Speech - TIME
• Le triomphe des opinions publiques arabes - LeMonde.fr
• Printemps arabe : quelles conséquences pour le Maroc ? - LeMonde.fr
  "En revanche, on pouvait observer de multiples mises en cause du gouvernement et, plus encore, de l'injustice sociale : confusion du pouvoir et de l'argent, corruption, holdings privés, telles étaient les cibles principales. Incontestablement, le régime dispose d'une large marge de manœuvre fondée sur le pluralisme même du mouvement et sur son absence de polarisation. Il paraîtrait raisonnable d'en profiter."
• Moammar Gadhafi Will Prevail in Libya if Stalemate Drags On, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper Says - ABC News
  Yikes.
• LRB · Jonathan Steele · Half a Revolution
  On Tunisia.
• Pentagon Places Its Bet On a General in Egypt - NYTimes.com
  This is an interesting profile of Sami Enan, but I really hope the Pentagon is not thinking in terms of having "their man" in Egypt.
• The Substance of the Arab Revolt
  Rami Khouri.
• Arab Reform Bulletin - Why Syria Is Unlikely to be Next . . . for Now
  It's more repressive, but also more equal, than Egypt and then there's the "resistance factor."
• The New Israeli Left | The Nation
• Popular Protest in North Africa and the Middle East (II): Yemen between Reform and Revolution - International Crisis Group
  ICG's latest report on Yemen.
• Dangerous Fallout from Libya’s Implosion - Carnegie
  Chris Boucek on the threat posed by Libya's reformed Jihadists — will they keep their bargain?