Former Government Official Assassinated In Beirut

A powerful car bomb killed a prominent pro-Western politician and at least five other people today.

The assassination is certain to escalate sectarian tensions which are already high because of the civil war in neighboring Syria.

The bomb targeted Mohammed Chatah, a former finance minister and a senior aide to former Prime Minister Saad Hariri.

Rami Ruhayem, a BBC correspondent in Beirut, speaks with Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson about the latest in Lebanon.