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Tension on Beirut streets as political crisis deepens
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Sunni Muslim gunmen with weapons walk through the streets of Kaskas in Beirut on October 22, 2012, after a night of tension following the funeral of an intelligence official killed by a car bomb. Sunday's clashes fed into a growing political crisis in Lebanon linked to the civil war in neighboring Syria.Hussam Shebaro / ReutersA 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, Oct. 22, 2012.Hussein Malla / APLebanese Army soldiers patrol a neighborhood after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut, Oct. 22, 2012. Shortly before noon Lebanese troops began a big operation in the capital aiming to open all closed roads and to force gunmen out of the streets after overnight clashes following the funeral of Lebanese Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan.Ahmad Omar / APA man and his children walk away from clashes between Sunni Muslim gunmen and members of the Lebanese army in Kaskas, Beirut, October 22, 2012.Hussam Shebaro / ReutersLebanese Army soldiers patrol a neighborhood after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut, Oct. 22, 2012.Ahmad Omar / AP
The army command urged political leaders to be cautious in their public statements so as not to inflame passions further.
It issued the warning after troops and gunmen exchanged fire in Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday morning, wounding five people, while protesters blocked roads with burning tires. Read the full story.
