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Tensions remain high in Beirut neighborhoods after bombing

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS

Posted: October 23, 2012 at 5 a.m.

BILAL HUSSEIN
Credit: AP
Lebanese soldiers patrol Monday during battles that broke out between supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon.

The Lebanese military moved forcefully Monday to quell simmering sectarian tensions around the country stoked by a Beirut bombing last week that assassinated a top security official, deploying troops in the areas worst affected and issuing a statement demanding that politicians work to calm their supporters.

In Lebanon, roadblocks and gunmen, then tanks

Lebanese troops launch Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, a major security operation to open all roads and force gunmen off the streets, trying to contain an outburst of violence set off by the assassination of a top intelligence official who opposed Syria.
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