Another anti-Syrian politician in Lebanon has been ruthlessly killed by a car bomb. Antoine Ghanem is the 8th notable anti-Syrian politician to be murdered in the last couple years. Ghanem, a member of the Christian Phalange Party, was killed along with 6 others in the Christian suburb of Sin el Fil located east of Beirut.
This assassination comes in a time of great political strife in Lebanon. The government of Fuad Sinoria finds itself in constant conflict with the Hezbollah-led opposition.
More importantly, the Parliament was scheduled to select a new President next week. This assassination was obviously an attempt by Syria to intimidate the Anti-Syrian forces in the hopes of either extending Emile Lahoud's already unconstitutional term, or by getting Parliament to pick a President amenable to Syria's wishes.
Either way, this situation needs to be watched closely. Since the Cedar Revolution, Lebanon has been a struggling democracy, gasping for breath despite regional conflicts and violence.
In the New York Sun today, Congresswoman from Florida, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen writes about the threat that Syria poses for the United States and the whole Middle Eastern region.
http://www.nysun.com/article/62938
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