So, we are still waiting to see what will happen next around here. Detlev Mehlis, head of the UN investigation of Hariri’s assasination, has gone to Syria to question people. There is a rumor going around that the Syrian former head of security in Lebanon has tried to kill himself rather than be questioned or arrested, but apparently it is not true. The UN team should be questioning people very close to President Assad.

President Lahoud has gone ahead to New York for a UN summit, even though President Bush disinvited him to a bunch of receptions. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Siniora refused to attend the summit if Lahoud was going to go, and the Cabinet seems to have decided to stop meeting with the President. Other Christian leaders are hinting around about taking over the presidency. All signs seem to be pointing to Lahoud not being able to hold onto his position.

However, Mehlis has gotten an extension for his report until the end of October, so we may be waiting for awhile yet.

By the way, I finally got sick here (probably a result of having eaten at the nicest restaurant in Aleppo, go figure). The silver lining was that Ethan and I watched almost all of ‘Six Feet Under’ Season 3 over the weekend. Now we just have to patiently wait for Season 4 to arrive at our video store, which could be months. Sigh.