Links 19-21 January 2012

• Blogger Maikel Nabil released after 10 months in detention - Ahram
• Tantawi will not attend People's Assembly first session - Ahram
• Interview: Deputy Chairman of Elections Committee Speaks about Libyan Electoral Law and the Criticism Levelled at It
• An Embargo on Iranian Crude Oil Exports: How Likely and with What Impact? | Chatham House: Independent thinking on international affairs
  Report and short podcast that is worth listening to.
• The problem with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is not sharia | Sara Khorshid | Guardian
• Obama speaks to Egypt ruler over crackdown on democracy groups - latimes.com
• Egypt's Brotherhood Warns Military - WSJ.com
• Egypt’s Economic Crisis - NYTimes.com
• Pentagon pushes back on rumors U.S. delayed Israel war game (Updated) | The Envoy - Yahoo! News
  Storm in a teacup.
• Publisher of the 'Atlanta Jewish Times' suggests Mossad should assassinate Obama
  But using the word "Israel-firster" is thought to be insulting.
• Activist who lost eyes named spokesperson of the revolution - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online
• Young Brothers to establish new website in defiance of their leaders | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt
• NGOs reject draft law regulating their activity | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt
• Mohamed Beltagy, Egypt’s Human Bellwether - NYTimes.com
• Egypt's Brotherhood TV - Businessweek
• Thailand 'recognises' Palestine as independent state
• SYRIE. Au cœur du piège de Homs | L'Hebdo
  Who killed Gilles Jacquier?
• Iran's nuclear scientists are not being assassinated. They are being murdered | Mehdi Hasan | Comment is free | The Guardian
• Bahrain's Sunni Awakening | MERIP
• THE DAILY STAR :: News :: Middle East :: Egyptian critic of military rule beaten in street
• GOP Officially Endorses One-State Solution « The Third Way: Finding Balance In Mideast Analysis
  Too funny. But also sad.
• Amb. Daniel Kurtzer on Reviving the Peace Process
  And why would this work now?