Amputated

May Chidiac will never walk again.

All over the world, the Lebanese got used to May Chidiac’s smile. But it’s now hard to see her smile again. This image-conscious lady has just lost an arm and a leg to another savage explosion.

Who did it?

May was definitely one of the first prominent journalists to start criticizing Syria. She’s also a prominent Christian symbol (in other words, killing May would be the equivalent of bombing Ashrafieh or Kaslik).

But there’s another interesting factor that makes May stand out. There has recently been a very public and virulent exchange between her and Mr. Hassan Nassrallah from Hezbollah. He was referring to her as “malicious media figures that distorted the facts”, and she regularly attacked him for his comments over the majorities and minorities in Lebanon (he had said that the Christians in Lebanon are becoming a small minority). You could smell the mutual distrust.

This will once again divide the Lebanese. If you trust Hezbollah, you’ll say that the perpetrators are trying to drag Hezbollah into something they don’t have anything to do with. If you don’t trust them, you just got them red-handed.

I personally don’t know what to think. Let’s wait to have more info. Let’s also see how Hezbollah behaves.