Tomorrow the day (or actually this evening already) that the Mehlis report will be published. In this UN report it should state who was responsible for the murder of the Lebanese ex-prime minister Rafic Hariri. It seems that Basjaar el-Assad, Syria;s president, is implicated through his brother in-law, Shawkat. The Lebanse president Lahoud is supposedly not directly inmplicated, however, he seems to be hanging out with the ‘wrong’ crowd, and it is very unlikely that – with his credibility seriously hurt – he can stay on much longer.
The army has made its presence knows throughout Beirut, parking tanks and soldiers on most major points in the city. They are on high alert, although no one is quite certain is to what might happen. Some schools are closed tomorrow, although mine is not. Quite a few students have announced though that they will not come to school. I cannot quite foresee what might happen, nothing really, I think, this is not a lynching crowd. Besides those that would need to be lynched are next door in Syria.
The bloggers are all up and ready for this one; the rumor circuit is fantastically alive and very interesting. To name a few: http://www.libnen.com/, Across the Bay (excellent), Beirut Spring, The Lebanese Blogger, Lebanese Political Journal, Joshua Landis's Syria Comment (very good), Ya Libnan (good round-up of news), An Nahar (Another very good roundup of news), Amarji (A Syrian dissident, great fun, good stuff), Michael Totten ( a journalist visiting Lebanon) and the Lebanese Bloggers Club. Very good stuff if you want to hear what some groups are thinking.
I might have to write something tomorrow; an atmosphere piece as a reaction on the Mehlis report. The paper will do the Mehlis report itself. Should be fun, going out tomorrow evening. I expect jubilation, not gunfire. And if we get to see gunfire; My parents will be flying in on Sunday, let’s hope it’ll quiet by then.
Right now I hear the wind howling through the widow facing the sea. It's not that windy really, just that the window is slightly ajar at a wrong angle. Or maybe the wind is picking up....?
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