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Thursday, March 03, 2005


Ghalayini's Funeral

The Ghalayini Funeral should be taking place now, I'm wondering how many people joined in the procession..
In a way, the amount of people that would turn out is indicative. After all, Mr Ghalayini's case symbolizes many things that the opposition finds repellent generally in the government, namely unaccountability and lack of control (proxy government), and what they find repellent particularly in the investigation into Hariri's murder (scandalous incompetence that could only mean intentional evidence obfuscation).
The Harirists and the opposition have championed the Ghalayini family's cause: Future T.V broadcasted touching images of the family's horror at the government, and Hariri's Sons visited them personally to present their condolences. That should bode well for the turnout..