Beirut Bombing

Beirut Lebanon once again is hit by the sound of an explosion followed by the wail of emergency sirens heading to the scene.

The explosion killed at least four people and wounded at least 20 others, when it exploded on a crowded street in a Christian area of East Beirut. It is possible that the explosion was meant to go after a leading anti-Syrian politician. The explosion hit a car with government plates.

There are reports that it was an assassination.

Reports emerging out of Lebanon have confirmed the targetting of Member of Parliament, and possible Presidential candidate, Antoine Ghanem.

Ghanem was an MP in the Baabda-Alley district, just south-east of Beirut. He is a member of the Kataeb Party headed by former President Amine Gemayel. Gemayel's son, Pierre Gemayel, was gunned down last November as part of a series of assassinations targetting anti-Syrian politicians in the country.

Indeed, it's quite likely that this was yet another message being sent by the Syrians who are still smarting after being tossed from Lebanon. They figure that if they assassinate enough anti-Syrian politicians that the Lebanese people will figure that it is safer to acquiesce to Syrian demands than to stand and fight for their independence from Syrian domination.

UPDATE:
Michelle Malkin and Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit have more updates on the bombing that killed Ghanem. The body count keeps rising at the feet of Assad, and yet no one seems to want to hold Syria accountable for their assassination campaign against anti-Syrian Lebanese leaders. The Lebanese aren't able to fend off the Syrians on their own, this assassination was a message not only for the Lebanese, but the French and anyone else who thinks that the Syrians are going to alter their behavior solely on dialogue alone. They're playing with power politics - and the ruthless use of power - assassination - and are seeing that they can get away with it.

UPDATE:
The death toll is now six. Ghanem is the eight anti-Syrian leader to be assassinated since 2005. That should be telling. Who exactly would be ordering assassinations of Lebanese leaders and officials who oppose Syria? Connect the dots people, it's not that difficult. Can you say Assad? I knew you could. Heck, Assad and his cronies have an international investigation looking in their direction for the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, but that hasn't stopped them from increasing the body count. Of course, Assad denies any involvment in the assassinations, but his regime's fingerprints are all over the attacks.