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Contributing Editor Michael Young profiles Walid Jumblatt, the man now at the center of Lebanon's burgeoning opposition movement, in the New York Times Magazine (reg. required).
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So how are you handling the fame Michael? I've heard you on NPR a dozen times including twice today -- a NYT magazine article and a bunch of other appearances and articles. You got a fan club yet?
Syria may or may not have killed Hariri but you'd be a close 2nd on the suspects list based on what his death has done to your career. Too bad reason isn't mentioned at all on the radio interviews.
Young has been providing an essential service, especially to his comrades and friends in Lebanon, so any rewards he receives he deserves.
Anyone interested in Lebanon and Syria should check out the New York Times' lengthy, above the fold piece they ran Sunday:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/international/middleeast/20lebanon.html?ei=5094&en=c339ade11f2428b6&hp=&ex=1111381200&adxnnl=1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1111334626-QjruUDgD1CBQZHgZJsFJzw