News from Beirut: Another political assassination!

This morning I woke at the usual 6:00am in Jerusalem, had breakfast and arrived at UNRWA at 7:15. An hour later, I received news that there had been, yet another, political assassination in the outskirts of Beirut.















Once again, a car laden with explosives caused a number of casualties today in Beirut. This time, the target was the Deputy of the Lebanese Army, General Hajj, who was expected to succeed as leader of the Army once General Suleiman (see previous postings) would be elected as President..... The election has been delayed for the 8th time since September 2007. The political impasse which seemed to be somewhat resolved with the agreement on General Suleiman's candidacy, has now just gone back to square one...