Potential major break in Lebanon

By Olivier Guitta

From The Croissant come these two stories:
Lebanese Minister Pierre Gemayel’s murderers were arrested.
Lebanese security forces obtained the confessions of the killers of the Lebanese Industry minister shot in November 2006.
The assassins belong to Fatah Al Islam [FAI], group linked to the Syrian security services.
If this is confirmed, it could have huge implications on proving beyond any reasonable doubt Syria's role in the murder of anti-Syrian Lebanese personalities.

At the same time, some are taking their precautions.
Right after the murder of Lebanese MP Walid Eido in Beirut on June 13, the majority decided to send abroad MPs and this for their own protection.
So about 30 of them now live in Paris, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Cairo; the other MPs belonging to the majority who stayed in Lebanon have been given extra security measures.
In fact, the majority thinks that the targeting of its most prominent MPs is aimed in fact at “switching it” to the minority by killing little by little its MPs. This would greatly impact the election in the fall of a new president.
The government has also decided to organize 2 parliamentary by-elections scheduled for August 5 but this has been contested by the opposition.

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