Monday, June 8, 2009
Sounds like good news from the Lebanese elections. Tony Badran reports: Major Victory for March 14
...Results so far (some final, some preliminary) have March 14 winning big in basically all the battle districts: all seven seats in Zahle, all three in Koura, both seats in Batroun, all five in Beirut 1, and it's looking very good in Metn, with only Baabda not looking good.
The big news so far is a very strong showing for the independent-M14 alliance in Keserwen, where Aoun has his seat, but the final results have yet to come out...
More detailed analysis with the results: Mapping Out the Election Results
As a commenter points out, the disappointing thing is that Michel Aoun, allied with Hizballah, continues to get 40% of the Christian vote. Bizarre.
General news article: Pro-Western bloc defeats Hezbollah in crucial poll
Roger Simon notes that Stephen Zunes is an idiot. Duh. The guy is a chair of Mid East studies, after all.
