For those of you who have been here with Publius since the beginning, you may remember that I used to do daily roundups of the news in Lebanon during the Cedar Revolution. It’s been quite a while since then, but with the dissemination of the Mehlis investigation report (read my post on that here), a spark has been set anew in the country. The Lebanese blogosphere is quite active right now, so it’s important to highlight the awesome work and insight that’s being put out there.
I’ve been watching From Beirut to the Beltway quite a bit, as it has some really good posts on the Mehlis report. Just scroll — and, of course, add to your blogroll.
Michael Totten is photoblogging the rally last night at Martyr’s Square and Rafik Hariri’s grave. Mehlis is now a hero to the Lebanese.
The Beirut Spring notes something very important: Arab public opinion is against Syria.
Light Seeking Light finds that the babes of Beirut are back in action. Here and here.
Lebanese Political Journal reports on what the political parties are doing, and also says not to make much of the deleted names from the report.
Doha from The Lebanese Bloggers is mad, and among her suggestions is an extension of the investigation to cover all crimes that Syria has committed in the past thirty years. Interesting idea.
Welcome To My Lebanese Dream realizes that it wasn’t about shocking revelations, since everyone knew who did it, but about laying a firm groundwork for taking down the Syrian regime and securing Lebanon’s freedom.
Cedar’s Awakening writes that justice has been served. Plus, check out the comments. There’s some interesting fighting going on between Syrians and Lebanese.
Amarji the Heretic hopes for the day when a velvet revolution is possible, and describes his meeting a while back with one of the guilty generals.
Bill Rice says that the diplomatic approach worked this time.
Syria Comment PLUS looks at the implications.
Michael Young looks at the tracked changes made to the Mehlis report Word document and ponders why Kofi Annan’s office would have made those changes.
More at Open Lebanon and Lebanon Wire.
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