Links 13-20 April 2011

It's been an insanely busy week, so I haven't been good about keeping up the links. Here's a bunch:

• Egypt puts British justice to shame | Victoria Brittain
  An outrageous article defending Egyptian Islamic Jihad, whatever the merits of the AbdelBary case.
• Egypt: Investigate security forces crimes now
• Syrian Activists Regroup After Deadly Crackdown - NYTimes.com
  More protests planned for Friday.
• The Imperial Sultanate of Morocco & The Western Sahara « The Moorish Wanderer
• Time to up the ante on Egypt - The Washington Post
  Ignatius wants more money spent on Egypt. But on what exactly? I say give Egypt space, not money.
• Libya: Expats, Western Leaders Release Policy Statement Amid Worsening Ground Conditions
  Interesting that first point is about Libyan unity.
• The false hope of revolution in Syria
  Michel Aoun's press secretary backs Bashar
• Brian Whitaker's blog, April 2011
  "Regulating freedom in Syria"
• Syria: Another day, another massacre - PostPartisan - The Washington Post
  What a surprise: Jackson Diehl blames Obama.
• Mea culpa
  A rigorous self-critique from Abou Bakr Jamai #morocco
• Bosses, enforcers and thugs in Egypt's Battle of the Camel to see harsh retribution - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online
  RT @cairocitylimits A look at the 'baltagiya' supply chain economy: #jan25 #egypt
• Full: Egypt's yawning social divides are now exposed - The National
  My op-ed on post-referendum Egypt.
• Dispute over a speed bump in southern Egypt turns into deadly sectarian rampage
• In Egypt, Revolution Moves Into The Factories : NPR
  Quotes @3arabawy
• Esam Al-Amin: How Egypt's Youth Forced the Issue
• Map of the Rebellion in Libya, Day by Day - Interactive Map - NYTimes.com
  Useful.
• Steven A. Cook: MEPI, Syria, And The Washington Post
  Good piece on how papers oversell the "US was behind Arab spring" line.
• Bashar al-Assad's strategy in Syria is self-defeating | Brian Whitaker | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
  Brian Whitaker is my muse. A smart piece on Syria:
• Egypt beyond Mubarak | Al-Masry Al-Youm
  Maria Golia.
• SS Brigadier General Ahmad el-Azzazi
  You really have to follow Hossam's posts on State Security officers post-revolution.
• Log In - The New York Times
  No morphine in Misrata triage unit
• Close Read: The Libyan Mission : The New Yorker
  Still don't know what it is.
• Libyan Rebels Build a State in Benghazi - WSJ.com
  But are they building a new Libya or a Cyrenaica?
• Prisoners : The New Yorker
  Good piece on gitmo.
• Superlatives: Visiting Dignitaries : The New Yorker
  Make the Georgians look like fools.
• Goldstone report: Statement issued by members of UN mission on Gaza war
  "Goldstone, you don't speak for us or the UN."
• Exposed: The US-Saudi Libya deal
  Pepe Escobar says Arab League half-backed Libya in exchange for silence on Bahrain. Loose on details.
• Syria's silent majority will determine next step as protests grow | The Guardian
• Wael Ghonim and Dominique Strauss-Kahn mix it up at IMF Spring Meetings | FP Passport
• How Gamal brought down the whole Mubarak house - Ahram Online
• Hamas Says It Found Body of Italian Activist - NYTimes.com
  The people who did this should be hunted down.
• The second Arab renaissance by Jean-Pierre Filiu | The Middle East Channel
  A good piece.
• While the Saudi elite looks nervously abroad, a revolution is happening | Soumaya Ghannoushi
• Punching Above Its Weight - By David B. Roberts | Foreign Policy
  Foreign Policy: Qatar, Punching Above Its Weight by @thegulfblog Media coverage of Qatar has been incredible lately.
• Former Minister of Petroleum accused of squandering public funds
  egypt's former minister of petroleum accused of squandering public funds: #jan25 #corruption
• Palestinian Elections and the Hamas-Fatah Power Struggle
• Egypt’s unlikely ‘founding fathers’ - WaPo
  ElBaradei OK, but Moussa and Sawiris? No thanks.
• Porto Tora, where the thieves meet إهداء إلى الحرامية في طره
  Cute song about Tora prison.
• ملف كامل عن فساد وزارة الكهرباء ..لماذا لم يتم اقالة وحبس حسن يونس
  On corruption at the Ministry of Electricity
• Egypt army reconsiders cases of jailed protesters - Yahoo! News
  Good.
• Why Egypt’s Generals Need Mubarak – as a Whipping Boy - Global Spin - TIME.com
• Log In - The New York Times
  Frustrated Iraqi Youth (Warning: NYT)
• Urgent : Belliraj, Tamek et Khyari libérés
  Alors finalement ils ne sont plus des dangereux terroristes?
• Ikhwanweb :: The Muslim Brotherhood Official English Website
  Muslim Brotherhood launches TV Channel: Journalist and Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohsen Radhi ensured that Al-Ik...
• Yes, Saif is a Gaddafi. But there's still a real reformer inside | Benjamin Barber | Comment is free | The Guardian
  Yes, Saif is a Gaddafi. But there's still a real reformer inside | Benjamin Barber | Comment is free | The Guard...
• Muslim Brotherhood Guide denies cutting a deal with Egyptian army - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online
  MB leader compared Tahrir protesters dispersed by the army to the Sharon-led 1973 counterattack #mudaddapiffle
• Yes, Saif is a Gaddafi. But there's still a real reformer inside | Benjamin Barber | Comment is free | The Guardian
  Benjamin Barber, still stumping for his pal Saif, the unelected Qaddafi son given to threatening #libya.