who used to post on these boards a while back. Anyway, he's in Lebanon at the moment, and you know, it's all kicking off a bit there. He's been interviewed a bit on Radio4 a the moment, and he's got a blog up as well.

http://beiruttodoha.blogspot.com/

and the Radio4 bit will be somewhere on http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/