From CNN:

A member of the Lebanese parliament was killed in an explosion Wednesday outside a Beirut military sports club in what hospital sources called an assassination.

Lawmaker Walid Eido, known as a foe of Syrian involvement in Lebanon, his son, Khalid, and two of his bodyguards were killed, Lebanese media reports said.

At least six other people died and 11 were wounded in the explosion, believed to be from a car bomb, in the seaside neighborhood of Manara, according to Lebanese security sources.

Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, an outspoken critic of Syria, blamed Eido’s killing on Damascus, calling it an attempt to reduce the anti-Syrian majority in the Lebanese government.

“With this bunch of assassins in Damascus, they don’t care about international justice,” Jumblatt told CNN International.

Eido, a constitutional expert, was a member of a political bloc led by Saad Hariri, the son of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, whose assassination two years ago sparked widespread protests that led to the ouster of Syrian forces from Lebanon.

Eido was a vocal supporter of the U.N. tribunal investigating Hariri’s killing. The U.N. Security Council approved the tribunal earlier this month.

It seems fairly obvious who’s ultimately responsible here. From Beirut to the Beltway has more:

Is someone going to declare war on the Assad regime? Are the deputies of March 14 going to hold a session without Berri while they’re still alive? What on earth are we waiting for.

This is a message not only to Saad Hariri, but also to the Saudis and French, who thought they could ignore the Syrian factor and focus on resurrecting “dialogue” between the Lebanese parties. How many times do we have to say “we told you so”.

As I type these words, Walid Eido’s body lies in an car on the Manara. The “future movement” deputy lost his life, and his slain son lost his future. Two Lebanese soldiers were killed earlier today by Syrian-sponsored terrorists.

Who is afraid of the terrorist Assad regime?

It looks like a new front is opening in the GWOT. I hope Americans see that their interestsare better served in helping Lebanon stay independent.