Independent Observers and Lobbyists in Washington DC are comparing today’s Majority Leader Al-Wali Jumblat to the Late President Bashir Gemayel. Today from the US Capital, Jumblat is reiterating all of Bashir’s requests and statements dating back from 1981 and 1982 ! ! !

Eyewitnesses are reporting armed men in plain cloths all over the streets of Beirut.

Lebanese Daily Al-Liwa’a reports that the new Majority Candidates are Former Intelligence Chief Johnny Abdo, Nobody Fares Saayed and current Justice Minister Charles Rizk.

Lebanese Army Chief of Staff Gen. Michel Sleiman is edging one step forward towards becoming an interim President in the event elections do not take place by the deadline of November 24, 2007. Sleiman (technically a Government Employee) has left Beirut to Cairo after receiving an official and personal invitation from Egyptian Dictator Hossni Mubarak .