Links 31 March 2011

• Latest Updates on Libyan War and Mideast Protests - NYTimes.com

  Great post on qadhafi spokesman's wife's blog

• Conflict in Ivory Coast Threatens to Destabilize Its Neighbors - NYTimes.com

  meanwhile...

• SS ‘leaders’ assigned new posts

  Again: Egypt needs serios truth commission.

• Video of Landis Commentary on Assad’s Speech

  A pretty forgiving take.

• Israeli map shows nearly 1,000 Hezbollah sites

  Hope they don't plan to bomb them all.

• FT - Declare victory, and get on with ousting Gaddafi

  Mark Malloch Brown is probably right.

• Dialect pronunciation on Al-Jazeera

  Some interesting remarks here.

• Obama Moved at Warp Speed on Libya

  Very true - the Republican meme that he was slow is ridiculous.

• Everything Old Is New Again

  Obama cleared clandestine backing of rebels before NFZ

• Hezbollah and Future movement clash over Syria Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English)

  Oh, Lebanon.

• Egypt meets with Hamas, U.S. military - Bikya Masr

  Talk Pal reconciliation.

• Israel may build artificial island off Gaza Strip coast | The Guardian

  Can't make this stuff up.