May Chidiac

has been caught in an assassination attempt. She was burning behind the wheel before she was rescued.

I wonder how easy it is to actually booby-trap a car. If it is as easy as Lebanon makes it seem, how come more of these don't happen around the world. If it isn't this easy, then where is the government? Where is the security? There is already an increased army presence in the country - so how can this keep recurring? Did the same problems happen after the explosion? Did the evidence get trampled on? Did the police not cordon off the site?

This isn't just an issue of respecting freedom of speech. Security is a completely meaningless term in Lebanon.

Till it has some content, I worry.

Update: Here are links to a few other blogs that also discuss this.

La La Land
Lebanese Political Journal
Angry Arab News Service
Beirut Spring
Lebanese Bloggers
Beirut to Beltway

posted by Lazarus, 2:03 PM