Links 24-27 November 2012

Making way for new ones...

• How Egypt’s Mursi Can Find the Path Back Toward Democracy: View - Bloomberg
  Op-ed says he needs to back down.
• EMDP » About to be even bigger
  Interview with Bassem Youssef.
• Islamists launch initiatives to defend Morsy | Egypt Independent
  Significant that these initiatives involve changing his decree.
• The pitfalls and limitations of the Revolution Protection Law | Egypt Independent
  An important part of this story.
• Brotherhood asked Armed Forces to protect headquarters | Egypt Independent
  Because police is AWOL.
• Qatar seeks to supply 10% of Egypt’s gas - FT.com
• Obama should end his reticence on rights - FT.com

• Kurds Fight Islamist Rebels In Syria, Threaten Independence In Iraq « The Agonist
• Syria rebels cut off most roads to Aleppo - FRANCE 24
• Minister: No more than four Brotherhood members to be named to union boards
  So he admits there will pol appointments when MB have never been strong in labor.
• Update: State Council says will hear challenges against Morsy's decree on 4 December
  Plot thickens.
• Media shouldn't broadcast funerals of protest victims, says presidential adviser
• The 'Authoritarian' Declaration
  Analysis of Morsi decree by a judge.
• ‫البرنامج؟ - موسم ٢ - حلقة ١ - النهضة لاتزال في...‬‎ - YouTube
  Much needed coming relief @DrBassemYoussef 1st episode of new show
• Egypt ousted prosecutor general unravels Brotherhood ‘secrets’
  What a circus.
• Europe’s Response to Morsi’s New Powers - Carnegie Europe
  Call for strong response.
• Morsy issues law paving way for Brotherhood control of trade federation | Egypt Independent
• Egyptian state TV channels abruptly cease transmission -Ahram Online
  Someone has to explain this.
• Stephen Glain on US Militarism | FiveBooks | The Browser
• ‘Brotherhood tried to tarnish Kuwait govt’s image’
  Lengthy Arab Times interview with Dubai chief of police. NB comments on demographics, Brotherhood, foreign conspiracy.
• The President and the fatal trilateral logic of US, Egyptian and Israeli relations | openDemocracy
• Using War as Cover to Target Journalists - NYTimes.com
  NYT's David Carr on Israel's deliberate assassination of journalists:
• BREAKING: Muslim Brotherhood member killed in Damanhour clashes - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online
  Serious.
• Morsi's Mixed Moves | Marc Lynch
  Abu Aardvark weighs in.
• Morsi power grab a huge blow for Egypt's revolution and his own reputation
  Say EU liberals
• Egyptian judges revolt against Morsy's edict sidelining nation's judiciary | TribLIVE
• Banipal (Issue 40)
  Issue 40 (Spring 2011) of @BanipalMagazine, on Libyan fiction
• Le Figaro: Le plan Brahimi pour pacifier la Syrie
  Brahimi wanted to get Morsi to put pressure on Syrian MB. Wonder if he still does.
• Morsi Urged to Retract Edict to Bypass Judges in Egypt - NYTimes.com
• Egypt judges call for nationwide strike - Al Jazeera English
• Egypt: Going up in flames | The Economist
  A broad overview of the situation and analysis I concur with — Morsi overeached, situation is dangerous.
• Seven Takeaways From The Gaza Ceasefire - The Daily Beast
  Daniel Levy.
• Morcos: Morsy's constitutional declaration hinders democratic transition | Egypt Independent
  Says advisor on democratic transition.