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The meaning of another Lebanese murder

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Tony Badran writes in today's Daily Star: The Syrian regime would seem to be right on program. That much was clear from the assassination of parliamentarian Antoine Ghanem on Wednesday, six days before Parliament is scheduled to meet to elect a new president. The assassination was, regrettably, predictable and carried a number of messages, both to the Lebanese and to key international players involved with Lebanon. The response by the March 14 coalition and the international community must be...Read Full Story

Beirut blast kills anti-Syrian lawmaker

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Nicholas Blanford writes in CSM: An anti-Syrian Lebanese lawmaker was killed Wednesday in a large car-bomb explosion in east Beirut, just six days before parliament is scheduled to elect a new president. The death of Antoine Ghanem, a Christian parliamentarian, may delay the election, which has already aggravated a bitter year-long political dispute between pro- and anti-Syrian factions here. Mr. Ghanem died along with at least nine other people when, according to Lebanese officials, a car...Read Full Story

Pakradouni on Lebanon, in al-Manar

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The upcoming election of the President of the Republic and the lethal assault against the Member of Parliament Antoine Ghanem have once more put Lebanon in the spotlight. Arabmonitor focussed on this issue in its talks with Karim Pakradouni, chairman of the Kataeb, the Phalange Party, a historic political force in Lebanon sustained mainly by the Maronite community. What prospects are there for an agreement to be reached from now until 23rd October, over the name of a candidate for the...Read Full Story

The Assassination of Antoine Ghanem and the Decisive Moment

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Walid Shoucair writes in Al-Hayat: With each assassination targeting Lebanon, certain people - including those of the Lebanese opposition - are quick to highlight the state and security forces' responsibility for exposing the perpetrators in a clever attempt to turn a blind eye to the intentions and goals of such operations. This comprises a campaign to turn people's attention away from bids to alter the balance of power through murder, to foster an acceptance of such methods and to place the...Read Full Story

Killing casts shadow over Lebanese poll

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The FT's Ferry Biedermann reports: “Every time he goes out we all watch the television, listen to the radio, listen for the sound of a bomb. When he comes home it’s, oof, a relief,” says Anne Franjieh of her husband Samir, a member of parliament for Lebanon’s ruling anti-Syrian March 14 movement. Security is topmost in her mind in the aftermath of the killing on Wednesday of Antoine Ghanem, the fourth anti-Syrian MP to die in an attack since the elections in May 2005. Mr Franjieh’s name has...Read Full Story

Antoine Ghanem Pictures

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bombing that killed a Lebanese lawmaker in Beirut