Hasan Nasrallah - this is war

Shit. Not good. Really bad. Hezbollah have stormed Sunni west Beirut including the offices of Saad Hariri, son of assassinated former Prime Minister and billionaire Rafik Hariri. They also took over the government's main television station Future. The army can't act for fear of being wrought in two. Siniora, the Prime Minister, is literally hiding in his bunker. The Government's only option if the fighting intensifies is to arm the militias. Michel Aoun's position is apparently being weakened dramatically. Hasan Nasrallah has called this "a declaration of war". This is dreadful news. This is 1975 all over again.


More later. Analysis to come.