Automatically posted links for December 9th through December 12th:

• The Press Association: Army chief among Beirut blast dead - Michel Suleiman successor killed


• Sacrés Marocains ! - Poll on the religiosity of Moroccans (post in French, report in various languages.)


• CIA has recruited Iranians to defect - Los Angeles Times - A "handful" of defectors recruited, provided much of NIE info


• AFP: Iran drops dollar from oil deals: report - "TEHRAN (AFP) ? Major crude producer Iran has completely stopped carrying out its oil transactions in dollars, Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said on Saturday, labelling the greenback an "unreliable" currency."


• The Chronicle of Arab/Muslim Depravity over three centuries - Angry Arab savages Michael Oren's latest book