EA WorldView has a special interest in Lebanon. Scott Lucas works with the Center for American Studies and Research at American University Beirut, and we have a number of colleagues in this beautiful, vibrant, and maddeningly complex country.
After months of stalemate, a coalition government was formed in November 2009. However, little is rarely settled in Lebanon, and the country has been shaken by news that the United Nations Special Tribunal for Lebanon, investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, may soon be blaming several Hezbollah members for the murder.
Today, we post a three-part special package on the latest developments and the political significance:
*A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation special investigation, based on unnamed sources, blames Hezbollah for the death of Hariri.
*Sharmine Narwani dissects the politics behind and following the claims.
*Claudio Gallo analyses the tensions and manoeuvres that have put these allegations in the spotlight.