Syrien fortsätter skjuta av den demokratiska majoriteten i Libanons parlament
Uppdatering 2007-09-20: Man kan inte med säkerhet än bevisa vem som ligger bakom, så rubriken är aningen starkt satt.
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This morning, Lebanese parliamentarian Antoine Ghanem was assassinated in Beirut. Ghanem, a Phalange MP allied with the pro-West Government led by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora was the third parliamentarian in the anti-Syrian majority to be killed this year. A fourth, Gibran Tueni, was killed in December 2005. With Ghanem’s death, the Government’s majority has decreased to 68 of 127 MPs--down from 72 a few years ago. The shrinking majority of this democratically elected government raises the very real prospect that terrorism will overturn the results of the 2005 Lebanese General Elections.
Läs mer: Counterterrorism Blog: Syria Strikes Again? Another Assassination of an Anti-Syrian Parliamentarian Rocks Lebanon