Automatically posted links for January 9th through January 10th:

• ??????? ???? ????? ????? ?????? ?????? ?«?????» ??????? - Egypt cuts subsidies on food oils, etc.


• 151,000 civilians killed since Iraq invasion - WHO, Iraq Gov says revises death tool (1/4 that of Lancet)


• Has the Era of Cheap Oil and Food Prices Ended? - Walid Khadduri addresses top question in many Arabs' minds


• Can the Middle East sustain democracy? Middle East Strategy at Harvard - Debate on Arab democracy - Alterman, Dunne, Carpenter, etc. in comments


• La rééducation des terroristes d'Arabie saoudite - Jihadi re-education: to do jihad, make sure the Saudi Gov says it's OK


• US candidates are vague on Middle East democracy - Steven Cook examines -- Edwards has most concrete plans


• Jacob?s Jottings: The Case of Fouad Ajami The National Interest - Another Ajami takedown, this time on his newfound Huntingtonism


• Rehabilitating Libya - International Herald Tribune - Op-ed reminds of Libya's nastiness -- or does it not count when victims are not Western?


• Democracy: inevitable no more - M. Albright on democracy, but she was never a supporter of Arab democracy


• Saudi Calls on Sarkozy to Visit Alone - After some in Egypt were outraged by Sarko's new girlfriend, Saudi draws the line