It's been a busy September. Megan is still working hard as Dean of Students. Wade is still teaching history and volunteering for a couple of different groups. Plus we're getting ready for a baby!
In the wider world of politics, Lebanon is eyeing the Syrian revolt with caution, bracing itself for the U.S. veto of Palestinian statehood, and playing the waiting game with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).
It is in honor of the STL that we bring you this post. The STL was established in 2005 to investigate the assassination of former prime minister Rafiq Hairiri. It took over six years, but just this summer the STL indicted four members of Hezbollah for that murder.
Hairiri is far from the first political leader to be killed in Lebanon. In fact, you can barely walk a city block in Beirut without passing a poster of some assassinated leader. These posters are great ways to tell the political affiliation or sect of a given neighborhood.
So here is a brief photo-montage of some of Lebanon's more prominent political martyrs (and the posters that they left behind). If you ever have an extra day in Beirut, a photo scavenger hunt of martyred leaders is a great way to spend the day.
March 1977: Kemal Jumblatt
August 1978: Musa al-Sadr
September 1982: Bachir Gemayel
October 1990: Dany Chamoun
February 1992: Abbas al-Musawi
February 2005: Rafiq Hairiri
June 2005: Samir Kassir
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