Tor AppArmor profile prevents obfsproxy from starting
On Debian testing (jessi).
Aug 12 19:18:03 host kernel: [84758.245866] type=1400 audit(1376335083.727:270): apparmor="DENIED" operation="exec" parent=7228 profile="system_tor" name="/usr/bin/obfsproxy" pid=7290 comm="tor" requested_mask="x" denied_mask="x" fsuid=112 ouid=0
And subsequently, use of obfuscated bridges is not possible while the AppArmor profile is load.