Annapolis and the Unholy Alliance

Midnight in Beirut
11.27.2007 | Counter Punch
By KARIM MAKDISI
At midnight last Friday night, Lebanon entered the uncharted waters of a constitutional crisis as the outgoing President Emile Lahoud’s term ended without the appointment of a successor. Earlier in the day, the scheduled meeting of parliament to elect a new president was postponed for the fifth time, [...]