Lebanon's predicament

Earlier this month, on Feb. 7, Lebanon fell victim to Israeli air raids. The bombings were in retaliation for the deaths of six Israeli soldiers killed by the Hezbollah, the Islamic military group in southern Lebanon. The bombings could have occurred without much public reaction, if it was not for the fact that the Israeli air raids destroyed - for the second time in less than seven months - Lebanon's main power stations. For a country which is struggling to rebuild from the devastation of a 20-year war, the repeated destruction of its electrical supply is a bitter reminder of the region's unstable political situation.