The Cedar Revolution Fight Continues

Just when you thought that the protest babes were sufficient to change things in Lebanon, terrorists assassinated yet another prominent anti-Syrian politician.

A small, precisely placed explosive was put underneath the car's passenger seat, killing George Hawi, a former leader of the Lebanese Communist Party. It appeared almost identical to the killing last month of an anti-Syrian journalist, Samir Kassir.

Mr. Hawi's driver escaped serious injury in the blast, in the Wata Musaitibi neighborhood of Beirut, illustrating the methodical nature of the assassination.

Lebanon's anti-Syrian movement swept the voting on Sunday in the country's far north, the official results showed, giving it a firm parliamentary majority.

The terrorists - many of whom are likely Syrian operatives or those aligned with Syria - are not playing by the same rules as the Lebanese who are sick and tired of these kinds of tactics. Years ago, pro-Democratic groups would have been cowed by such tactics.

Now, they are rallying cries for even larger support in Lebanon. Syria's leadership ought to be seriously worried about that. They've got Arab democratic regimes budding on two of its borders - (Lebanon and Iraq), and their own power is limited to affect the outcome other than continued use of terrorism. It's all that they know.

As usual, Publius has more on the Lebanese situation, although not quite up to date with the assassination information.

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