NBN's technical director forgot to kill the anchorwoman's microphone, allowing viewers to hear her say "it took them long enough", in reference to Eido's murder. In between rounds of laughing and gloating with her colleagues, they speculated that March 14 minister Ahmad Fatafat could be next, and tried to determine how many more March 14 members need to die to get rid of the parliament's majority.

Beyond the divisive and damaging insults being cast in the aftermath of one of the most violent and tragic political assassinations in Lebanon's history which claimed the lives of 10 citizens, the sick comments open a can of worms for Lebanon's delinquent speaker of the parliament, Nabih Berri and his closest ally, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.

The NBN employees imply that there is in fact a plan to eliminate the anti-Syrian majority by killing off their members of parliament.

According to Al Arabiya TV, Ahmad Fatfat is already planning to sue NBN for implying that he is the next assassination target, and plans to ask U.N. Chief Investigator Serge Brammertz to raise the incriminating remarks with international courts.

View the insulting & incriminating NBN coverage here (in Arabic)

Update

The NBN television broadcaster who made the unthinkable comments was identified as Sawsan Safa Darwish (pictured right), was sued as was the TV station.

Sports and Youth Minister Ahmed Fatfat filed a lawsuit against Darwish and all others involved in "stirring sectarian hatred and interfering in crime."

In the incriminating video, Darwish implied that Fatfat would be assassinated next, and that 4-5 of the March 14 parliamentary majority also needed to be killed.

She then said "they're driving us crazy," apparently referring to other anti-Syrian politicians. "Ahmed Fatfat is left. I'm counting them," she added.

NBN TV later said it "regretted the unintentional mistake" which it said did not reflect the station's policies or moral and professional standards. In an attempt to cover up the incident, Qassem Soueid, the director of NBN's news department, said Darwish and the sound engineer who put Darwish on air were fired. The move by NBN wreaks of a coverup, and a poor attempt to wash its hands clean.

Firing Darwish does not solve the systemic problem. Listen closely to the video, and it is clear that Darwish's sick perspective was not an isolated incident. Other voices in the room clearly condoned her barrage of insults on the dead. NBN should be held responsible as an employer that fosters such complete disregard for ethics.

Provocations like those instigated by Darwish could very easily push Lebanon into a civil war unless they are nipped in the bud and made an example of.

View CNN's coverage of the incident (in English)

Sources: Ya Libnan, From Beirut to the Beltway, NBN, Al Arabiya