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US military advisers in Cyrenaica. Qaddafi's loses his air force -(DEBKAfile)
Will Libya’s $1000 an hour U.S. and British lobbyists stop their heinous work? - Tom Gross (Tom Gross Mideast Mideast Analysis)

China goes all out to halt Jasmine Revolution - Ching Cheong (The Straits Times)

Report: Hizbullah Aiding Iran in Stifling Anti-Government Protests (Ha'aretz)

Could the Kingdom of Bahrain Become an Iranian Pearl Harbor? - Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

 

Media Watch: The Lara Logan Cover-up - Jonathan Mark (Jewish Week)
excerpts: Logan stated that she was not caught in the middle of a pro- and anti-Mubarak street fight but that she was “covering the jubilation” when she was attacked "amidst the celebration.”The idea that this jubilation and celebration included a mob of 200 men screaming their hatred of Jews while they sexually assaulted Logan “doesn’t fit the narrative” that the crowd in Tahrir Square was almost invariably characterized as friendly and out for nothing but democracy.

Egypt's Revolution: The More They Reassure Us the More We Worry - Barry Rubin (RubinReports)

Norway Demands Relocation of Israel Embassy - Itamar Eichner (Ynet News)
Israel to Let 300 Palestinians Return to West Bank from Libya - Barak Ravid (Ha'aretz)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday: "Because of the current violence in Libya I received a personal request from [PA] President Abbas...that Israel allow a number of Palestinians to leave Libya and to enter the West Bank...so Israel will enable 300 Palestinians to enter the West Bank" as a humanitarian gesture. He said the move was "a mark of our desire for good neighborliness and...peace." 

This is the second time in 4 weeks that an entity has denied funding a Palestinian Authority (PA) television campaign (first Spain and now the United Nations). Does anyone know if these entities decided to deny funding because their actions were publicized or if the PA is fabricating sponsors?
       

UN asks PMW to publicize that UN was not behind Arab media campaign presenting terrorist as role model - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik  (Palestinian Media Watch)

The Threat of Civil Unrest in Pakistan and the Davis Case - Scott Stewart (Stratfor)

Turkish Regime Sees Egypt Revolution as Opportunity for Repression, Islamism - Barry Rubin (Rubin Report)

Turkish army to train Syrian army - Anatolia News Agency (Hurriyet) RubinReports: Turkey to Train Syrian Army - Barry Rubin (Rubin Report)
NATO Member Turkey Solidifies Its Ties with Iran and Syria - Patrick Goodenough (CNSNews.com)

Egypt Reportedly Losing Control of Sinai to Bedouin - Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post) 

The Voice of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood - Alexander Smoltczyk (Der Spiegel-Germany)
Egypt: Islamist judge to head new constitution committee - Richard Spencer (The Telegraph)

Egypt to open Gaza border crossing, Brotherhood says won't impose view on Israel treaty (AlArabiya)   
Sharansky: Maybe This Is the Moment to Put Our Trust in Freedom - David Horovitz (Jerusalem Post)
 

Report: Syrian Embassy in Cairo Aided Hizbullah Prisoner's Escape (Jerusalem Post)

The Iranians Head for the Suez Canal - Dore Gold (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)
Watch Iranium the movie.  - Raphael Shore Warning, some scenes show graphic violence. Iran - the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism

Major Hasan, 'Star Officer' - Dorothy Rabinowitz (The Wall Street Journal)
Every branch of the military issued a final report on the Fort Hood massacre. Not a single one mentioned radical Islam.
Radicalization Problems Facing Guantanamo and American Prisons - IPT News
Brotherhood Not Extremist, Intel Leaders Say  - IPT News

Iranian warships arrive at Jeddah-  (Press TV)
 Warships of the Islamic Revolutionary Iranian Navy have never visited a Saudi port until this week.
Iran, Oman Wrap up Joint Naval Exercises - (Fars News Agency)

Mubarak Out, Brotherhood Remains Primed (IPT News)
The Muslim Brotherhood - In Its Own Words - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (Palestinian Media Watch)
Muslim Brotherhood will likely win next poll - Ayaan Hirsi Ali (From: The Australian)

The Future of Jordan - Khaled Abu Toameh (Hudson Institute-New York)
Jordan Tribes Threaten Revolution over Country's Palestinian Queen Rania(Reuters-Ha'aretz)
Jordanian tribal figures have issued a petition urging King Abdullah to end his Palestinian wife's role in politics. "She is building power centers for her interest that go against what Jordanians and Hashemites have agreed on in governing and is a danger to the nation," the petition said.
Royal Court says AFP reports inaccurate (Jordan Times)
Attack on Egypt Gas Line Forces Jordan to Use Fuel Reserves - Taylor Luck (Jordan Times)

HR Comment: Egypt Exposes Media Hypocrisy - Simon Plosker (HonestReporting)

Netanyahu and Blair Announce Economic Steps to Assist Palestinian Authority (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Palestinians Reject Israeli Economic Package (AFP)
Factsheet: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) (NGO Monitor)
 
WikiLeaks: Syria, Qatar Sabotage Israeli Prisoner Swap Deal (Ynet News)

UN partners in Arab campaign presenting female terrorist as role model to the Arab world - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik  (Palestinian Media Watch)

Obama, Russia, and Trust - Kim Zigfeld (American Thinker)The Caucasus region has just burst into flames, with a devastating terror attack on Russia's leading international airport followed by an open declaration of war by Russia's Osama bin Laden. Rather than accept responsibility and reform, Russia is adopting the Soviet solution.  If bad news isn't reported, it doesn't exist.

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan tape highlights foreign fighters, operations against Pakistani military - Bill Roggio (The Long War Journal)

With all that's happening in Egypt and its impact on the region, this week's update is a little longer than usual. Just click the blue links for more details.

About Egypt:
Crisis in Egypt, Execution Binge in Iran (CAMERA) How is the Egyptian crisis affecting other countries? Jordan's King Abdullah dissolved his government and appointed a new one, charging it with bringing about "effective, tangible and real political reform." The Palestinian Authority is blocking Palestinians from holding protests in solidarity with the Egyptian uprising, while announcing that local elections will be held as soon as possible. In Syria, citizens have called for a day of protest on February 5. And Iran is taking the opportunity to embark on a binge of executions.

Egypt: Please, Not ElBaradei - Claudia Rosett (Pajamas Media)

Hizballah team breaks 22 members out of Egyptian jail (DEBKAfile)

The real situation faced by refugees in Northern Sinai (EveryoneGroup)
Bedouin traffickers, Hamas militants and terrorists of Al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood yesterday patrolled the streets of Rafah, armed with modern kalashnikovs and rocket launchers. Israel is extremely concerned about the events taking place in Egypt, where protesters are calling for a holy war and a "great intifada" (backed by Nobel laureate Mohammed El Baradei). They are attacking Jewish residents, forcing Israeli citizens to rush back to Israel to avoid the violence. The situation is tense among the Christian community too, and many Christians see the attack on the Coptic Church of Alexandria as the prelude of a fundamentalist revolution aimed at taking control of the state.
 

Wheat Prices and Egyptian Instability - Spengler (Asia Times-Hong Kong)
It turns out that China, not the U.S. or Israel, presents an existential threat to the Arab world, and through no fault of its own.
 

WikiLeaks: Al-Qaeda on the Verge of Producing Radioactive Weapons - Heidi Blake and Christopher Hope (Telegraph-UK)

About Hamas:
Palestinians in Gaza Shell Israel with Rockets, Mortars - Yaakov Lappin (Jerusalem Post)

Hamas Worried Upheaval in Arab World Will Spill into Gaza - Avi Issacharoff (Ha'aretz)

Israel Seeks UN Condemnation of Attacks from Gaza - Jordana Horn (Jerusalem Post)

Gaza Providing Supplies to Sinai Residents - Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)

Syrians Call for Protests on Facebook and Twitter - Elizabeth A. Kennedy (AP)
 

Tunisia Synagogue Set Alight by Arsonists (Reuters)

Breaking What Silence? A Critical Reading of Allegations from "Breaking the Silence" - (NGO Monitor)
 

The view from Yemen:
Chaos in Non-Oil Arab Countries - Hakim Almasmari (Yemen Post)
2011 has already seen the most change in the Middle East in over 50 years while only one month has passed. We expect the crises to spread to Bahrain and Kuwait by the middle of the year, as those countries are also a time bomb waiting to explode. Saudi Arabia will enter a family crises as all their major kings and rulers are over the age of 80. Algeria and Jordan are revolting in a quick pace. Iraq is already in chaos. Syria and Qatar are stable. Does this prove that nations that ally with Iran succeed, like Syria and Qatar?
 

Abbas makes contradictory statements: No to violence, yes to war against Israel - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)

Special M/E Update - All about Egypt: 

Red Alert: Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood - (Stratfor)

Egypt riots are an intelligence chief's nightmare - Amos Harel (Haaretz)
If the Egyptian regime falls in the end, a possibility that seemed unbelievable only two or three days ago, the riots could easily spill over to Jordan and threaten the Hashemite regime.

For those who like percentages and statistics  - (Sheila Raviv's blog)
The Moslem Brotherhood is the strongest opposition bloc which presents greater problem since there is no charismatic leader to take over from Mubarak leaving these fundamental extremists waiting in the wings. Recent polls of the Egyptian population suggest that-
            30 % are pro HezbAllah
            49 % are pro Hamas
            20 % are pro al-Qaeeda.
            82 % want stoning for those who commit adultery;
            77 % want to see whipping and hands cut off for robbery or theft;
            84 % favour the death penalty for any Moslem who changes his religion.
            27 % support modernisation while 59 % want traditional or fundamental Islam:
            That means that a popular revolution is unlikely to bring democracy -

Dispatch: Regime Change in Egypt and a Radicalizing Region - Kamran Bokhari (Stratfor) - VIDEO Analysis

How the U.S. Should Handle Egypt - (New York Magazine) a compilation of theories

Flotilla Report: What's wrong with coverage of Israel - Simon Plosker (HonestReporting.com) On reporting of the Israeli commission of inquiry into the Gaza flotilla, CNN, BBC, and TIME graphically illustrate all that is wrong with their coverage of Israel.

Updates on the Moscow Bombing - (IPT News)

The Moscow Attack and Airport Security - Scott Stewart (Stratfor)The bottom line for travelers: travelers should take some simple steps that can help minimize the time spent on the soft side of the airport and practice an appropriate level of situational awareness so they can see trouble developing and take measures to avoid it.

  

'Foreign trainers' active in southeastern Afghan province - Bill Roggio (Long War Journal) "Arabs, Chechens, and Pakistanis" are supporting the Taliban in Ghazni province, while Pakistani intelligence is sabotaging security. 

Pakistan: American Ally and Terrorist Enabler -  (IPT News)

Al-Jazeera Seeking to Bring Down PA Leadership - Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Post)

Why Have the "Palestinian Papers" Appeared Now? - Chris McGreal (Guardian-UK)

Leaked Revelations: Palestinian Leadership Accepts Most Israeli Settlements - Robin Shepherd (Director, International Affairs at the Henry Jackson Society in London)

Palestine Papers: 99 Percent Hype, 1 Percent News - Noah Pollak (Commentary)

Abbas gives terrorist's family $2000 - (PMW)

British-Israeli Relations Increasingly Fragile - Nicholas Saidel and Alexander Joffe (Hudson New York)
London is a major center for Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, Saudi terror-supporting charities, and a host of other organizations. Studies by the British Office of the Home Secretary, the CIA and the Heritage Foundation suggest that elements within the British Muslim population constitute not only a direct threat to Britain, but also to the United States and the free world.  

Arab Paper: Israel Is Now Dependent on Egyptian Protesters - Abd Al-Bari Atwan (Al-Quds Al-Arabi-UK-MEMRI)

One Doesn't Boycott the Only Free Society in the Mideast - Bernard-Henri Levy (Ha'aretz)
 

Arab Demand for East Jerusalem Is an Obstacle to Peace - Efraim Inbar (bitterlemons-api.org)

The Death of Free Speech in Europe On Trial in Denmark for "Islamophobia" - Phyllis Chesler (NewsRealBlog)
On January 24, 2011, the distinguished Lars Hedegaard, the President of the Danish Free Press Society and the International Free Press Society, will stand trial for telling the truth about Islamic gender apartheid.
Punishing the Victims of Islamic Gender Apartheid? - Phyllis Chesler (FrontPageMagazine)

Look at the different headlines for the same story:
IDF foils attempted terror attack along Gaza border -  (AP and JPost.com)
Teen killed as Israeli tanks raid Gaza - medic (The Jordan Times)

Gov. Christie's Strange Relationship with Radical Islam - (IPT News)

Report: South Africa Seeks Arrest of Former Israeli Foreign Minister (Ynet News)

The Middle East's Christian Onslaught - (IPT News)

Pirates Had an Arrrrsome Year (New York)
Pirates are using hijacked vessels to hunt ships from Mozambique to Oman

The Office of Israel's Prime Minister Responds to TIME - Ron Dermer (TIME)

Film Showing Cancelled in Canada after Iranian Request - Robert Sibley, Kristy Nease and Sneh Duggal (Ottawa Citizen-Canada)  Fred Litwin, president of the Free Thinking Film Society, said, "It's simply astounding that in the capital of Canada we can't show a film that offends the Iranians.... It's as if the mullahs can enforce their cultural values on Canadians."

Update on the group of Eritreans being held in Egypt:

Refugees in the Sinai: Egyptian police kill an Eritrean on the Israeli border (Everyone Group)“Most have been arrested and are being detained in the Egyptian expulsion centres, pending deportation. Only about 50 immigrants are left in the shipping containers, six women and some young Eritreans, who are probably dying."

Egypt called to take effective action over torture of refugees in Sinai Desert - Brian Hutt (Christian Today)
For different views on this horrible situation:

Eritrean ambassador: We won't take infiltrators back - Shlomit Sharvit (YNet)
In special interview with Ynet, Eritrean envoy blames Israel for recent immigration wave from Africa. 'You should have deported the first one to arrive, now it is too late,' he says. While the government of Israel is struggling to find a solution for the African infiltrators flooding the country, Eritrea seems to believe Israel is the one to blame for the situation.

The American Team for Displaced Eritreans