- Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia) releases photographs of FBI agents involved in the investigation of the 9/11 Benghazi consulate attack. (Long War Journal)
- Blackwater Wins the Battle of Benghazi (Wired's Danger Room)
- A new CRS report on chemical weapons (CRS)
- Counter-terrorism developments in North Africa ("Counterterrorism Across North Africa: Complicated, Messy but Moving Forward" - Selected Wisdom)
- The final vote-count for yesterday's referendum on Egypt's draft constitution - by Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) and Galal ??? (@GalalAmrG).
Also, some Syria stories:
- Russia won't offer the Assad family asylum (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Warplanes Bomb Bakery, Kill Scores (CNN)
- And the NYT runs a story on the possibility of the establishment of an Allawite stronghold along the coast of western Syria (NYT)
UPDATE: al-Jazeera is running a story/video alleging that the Assad regime is using nerve gas against Syrian rebels in the city of Homs. Here is the alleged video. It should go without saying that the contents of the video cannot be independently verified. Additionally, a lot of the commenters are knocking the video as a fake, noting that the doctors don't seem to be wearing any protective gear or taking any significant precautions. This sounds like a relatively decent point, but I'm no expert on chemical weapons. It seems to me that biological weapons would certainly require the doctors to take greater precautions when treating afflicted victims; however, chemical weapons seems like a horse of a different color, as it were. So, in short, I don't know. If I find out anything further about the video, I'll post another update.
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