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October 20, 2012 | | Dilemma Hit too hard, and he risks turning off independent voters. Too soft, and Romney regains momentum. The Daily Beast’s James Warren reports on Team Obama’s final debate prep. WHO DONE IT After a bomb exploded in a Christian neighborhood of Beirut Friday afternoon, many Lebanese are pointing fingers at neighboring Syria. Among the eight dead was a pro-revolution Lebanese security official who had recently uncovered a reported plot by Syria to create unrest in Lebanon, igniting accusations that Assad’s government was behind the attack. The Syrian government issued a statement condemning the bombing, but regional experts say the blast appears to have been an attempt by President Assad to destabilize Lebanon and bring the war deeper into the country that already harbors thousands of refugees. Protesters gathered at the bombing site later in the night to mourn the victims and express anger over the fallen official. SPIN CYCLE The Fox News chairman inked a four-year deal on Friday with all Fox networks. The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz, who broke the news, on why Roger Ailes isn’t retiring yet.
Healing Doctors in the British hospital where young Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai is being treated for gunshot wounds said on Friday that she is steadily recovering. Having come out of a medically induced coma, she is now able to write and stand up on her own and has indicated that she has retained her full memory. However, Yousafzai is "still very ill," according to the hospital, and doctors warn that due to swelling, her brain injury has not been fully evaluated. Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban last week, targeted for her efforts to improve girls’ education. Mistake French police apparently decided to drastically reduce surveillance on Mohamed Merah, the man who went on an anti-Semitic rampage in Toulouse in March before being killed by police, in the months before the attack, according to French intelligence documents leaked Friday. Although authorities knew of his ties to Islamist extremists, they determined to monitor him on only a "selective basis" in November, four months before the shootings. Merah had apparently been under surveillance since 2006 and identified as a “privileged target” at the beginning of last year, after he returned from Afghanistan. Other documents indicate that he was in regular contact with “the radical Islamist movement in Toulouse.” | | 
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