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Protests erupt in Beirut after car bomb that killed top official Violence erupted after funeral ceremonies Sunday for Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, a powerful opponent of Syria who was assassinated Friday in a massive car bombing. His death has plunged Lebanon into its worse crisis in years, threatening to ignite simmering sectarian tensions already aggravated by the war in Syria.
Oct. 22, 2012
Lebanese riot police in Beirut stand guard behind a barbed-wire barricade, which was draped with the national flag by anti-government protesters. Lebanese troops launched a major security operation after violent reactions to the assassination of a top intelligence official, a powerful opponent of Syria. Sectarian clashes killed at least five people.
Maya Alleruzzo
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AP
Oct. 22, 2012
A Lebanese man rides his motorcycle between a burning tire and garbage containers laid by Sunni protesters after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut..
Hussein Malla
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AP
Oct. 22, 2012
Lebanese Army soldiers patrol a neighborhood after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut. Lebanese troops began an operation in the capital to open all roads and force assailants off the streets.
Ahmad Omar
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AP
Oct. 22, 2012
A Sunni gunman takes cover during clashes between supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon.
Bilal Hussein
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AP
Oct. 22, 2012
A woman runs for cover near a Lebanese army armored personnel carrier during clashes between the army and Sunni Muslim gunmen in Beirut.
MOHAMED AZAKIR
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REUTERS
Oct. 22, 2012
A man cleans a shopping center's window display, which was damaged during clashes between members of the Lebanese army and Sunni Muslim gunmen in Beirut.
STRINGER
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REUTERS
Oct. 21, 2012
A Lebanese protester throws a tear-gas canister back at security forces after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, who was assassinated in Beirut on Friday by car bomb. Lebanese soldiers fired guns and tear gas to push back hundreds of demonstrators who broke through a police cordon and tried to storm the government headquarters.
Hussein Malla
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AP
Oct. 21, 2012
Policemen fire tear gas during clashes with angry protesters who attempted to storm government offices after Hassan’s funeral. Angry mourners surged toward the offices of the prime minister in downtown Beirut after speakers at the funeral exhorted Sunnis to exact revenge for Hassan’s death by toppling the Hezbollah-led government.
Mahmoud Kheir
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Reuters
Oct. 21, 2012
A Lebanese protester gestures from the top of the monument at Martyrs' Square as the crowd begins to gather for the funeral of the country's intelligence chief. Lebanese forces set up road blocks and cordoned off Beirut's central square Sunday, boosting security in the capital ahead of a public funeral for Hassan, a powerful opponent of Syria who was assassinated Friday in a massive car bombing.
Maya Alleruzzo
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AP
Oct. 21, 2012
Lebanese security forces reinforce the barriers during clashes with protesters who were trying to storm the government in Beirut.
Ahmed Jadallah
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Reuters
Oct. 21, 2012
An anti-Syrian regime protester attends Hassan’s funeral in Beirut.
Bilal Hussein
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AP
Oct. 21, 2012
Anti-Syrian regime protesters chant slogans and wave Syrian revolution flags in Martyrs' Square during Hassan’s funeral.
Maya Alleruzzo
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AP
Oct. 21, 2012
An injured Lebanese woman is carried away by protesters during clashes with security forces after Hassan’s funeral.
Hussein Malla
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AP
Oct. 21, 2012
Members of the Internal Security Forces lay the coffins of Hassan and his bodyguard, Ahmed Sahyouni, beside each other as, from rear left, police chief Ashraf Rifi, Minister of Information Walid Daouq and Army Commander Jean Kahwaji pay their respects at the Internal Security Force headquarters in Ashrafieh, the neighborhood in Beirut that was struck by Friday’s car bomb.
Mohamed Azakir
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Reuters
Oct. 21, 2012
Hassan’s sons mourn during their father's funeral procession at the Lebanese police headquarters in Beirut.
Hussein Malla
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AP
Oct. 20, 2012
A family walks past flaming tires used as a roadblock to protest Hassan’s death. Demonstrators burned tires and set up roadblocks around Lebanon on Saturday in a sign of boiling anger over the car bomb that killed Hassan and seven other people a day earlier — a devastating attack that threatened to bring Syria's civil war to Lebanon.
Mohammed Zaatari
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AP
Oct. 19, 2012
Lebanese civil defense and Red Cross workers are seen at the site of the car-bomb explosion in the Ashrafieh Christian residential area of Beirut. Eight people were killed and dozens injured in the bombing, the official Lebanese News Agency reported.
Wael Hamzeh
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 19, 2012
A wounded woman is carried at the site of the explosion in Beirut’s Ashrafieh neighborhood.
Hasan Shaaban
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Reuters
Oct. 19, 2012
Lebanese firefighters extinguish burning cars at the scene of the explosion.
Hussein Malla
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AP
Oct. 19, 2012
A man walks near a burning car at the site of the explosion.
Hasan Shaaban
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Reuters
Oct. 19, 2012
Civil defense members help a wounded man as a Lebanese soldier secures the site of the explosion.
Hasan Shaaban
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Reuters
Oct. 19, 2012
A Lebanese rescue worker, right, helps injured people to leave the site of the explosion.
Hussein Malla
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AP
Oct. 19, 2012
Firefighters extinguish fire at the site of the explosion.
Hasaan Shaaban
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Reuters
Oct. 19, 2012
A Lebanese rescue worker carries an injured boy at the site of the explosion.
Hussein Malla
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AP
Oct. 19, 2012
Lebanese rescue workers and civilians carry an injured girl from the site.
Hussein Malla
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AP
Oct. 19, 2012
A injured woman is attended to by a civilian at the site of the explosion.
Hussein Malla
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AP
Oct. 19, 2012
Lebanese army soldiers secure the site of the explosion.
Hasan Shaaban
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Reuters
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