another bombing in Beirut

Tonight there was a car bombing in Beirut in the nightclub district. 2 people were injured. This was right after Sec. of State Rice visited the country, but the motivation isn't immediately known. I watched a bit about it on an Arabic-language television station, and happily could actually understand some of what they were saying.

Not to be flip, but the bombing's not a big deal. I heard the explosion from LAU and was expecting something a lot bigger. Things are pretty chill here.

I know I said I was going to do lots of updates tonight, but I spent a fair amount of time just hanging out with some of the students here, so I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow or so.