And the people rejoiced

Mehlis's report is out. We move from one aticipation to another...from waiting for the report to come out to waiting to see what will hapen next. hopefully my earlier post will be proven wrong, but mehils definatley did not draw a series of pretty pictures. oh well...maybe the next invistegation...

the report blames syrian and lebanese officials specifically, but gives few names. lahoud was mentioned, however, as having received calls from phone numbers involved in the assassination plot, giving rise to a general feeling of "Aha!" and calling for his resignation.

the presidential palace replied by saying "well, when the president receives a call, it dosent mean he will answer it neccicarily...we have alot of people in the palace you see..." brilliant rhetoric thats on the level of syria's "everything is a lie! we didnt do it!" they have the collective argumentative skills of a pinecone, and that makes me giggle.

a pine cone...not very argumentative now is it?

the immediate reactions in the streets were those of celebration. the future youth held a rally at hariri's grave last night. a friend of mine who was there described it as intense, with some new chants like "Ya lahoud, yalla nzel...hal kirseh bada rjel!" (lahoud, step down...this [presidential] chair needs a man!). nothing like political tension to rouse national creativity.