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Lebanese troops attempt to restore peace
![A masked Sunni gunman stands guard under a portrait of Lebanese Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan on a blocked street leading to a Shiite neighborhood Oct. 22 in Beirut. The Lebanese army was deployed on a security operation to restore peace after fighting, triggered by the killing of the general Oct. 19, erupted between Sunni and Shiite gunmen.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/22/lebanon10220001-16_9.jpg?width=0&disable=upscale&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A masked Sunni gunman stands guard under a portrait of Lebanese Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan on a blocked street leading to a Shiite neighborhood Oct. 22 in Beirut. The Lebanese army was deployed on a security operation to restore peace after fighting, triggered by the killing of the general Oct. 19, erupted between Sunni and Shiite gunmen.
Hussein Malla, AP![Lebanese army soldiers patrol a neighborhood in Beirut.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/22/lebanon10220008-16_9.jpg?width=0&disable=upscale&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Lebanese army soldiers patrol a neighborhood in Beirut.
Ahmad Omar, AP![Lebanese troops position a tank.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/22/lebanon10220004-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Lebanese troops position a tank.
Hussein Malla, AP![A Sunni gunman rides a scooter along a blocked street leading to a Shiite neighborhood.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/22/lebanon10220007-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Sunni gunman rides a scooter along a blocked street leading to a Shiite neighborhood.
Hussein Malla, AP![Lebanese soldiers deploy along a road in Beirut.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/22/lebanon10220014-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=375&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Lebanese soldiers deploy along a road in Beirut.
Hussein Malla, AP![Sunni gunmen patrol a street leading to a Shiite neighborhood.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/22/lebanon10220009-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=375&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Sunni gunmen patrol a street leading to a Shiite neighborhood.
Hussein Malla, AP![Soldiers remove steel trash containers being used as a roadblock in a neighborhood after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/22/lebanon10220015-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=375&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Soldiers remove steel trash containers being used as a roadblock in a neighborhood after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen.
Ahmad Omar, AP![Soldiers remove a roadblock.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/22/lebanon10220016-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=375&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Soldiers remove a roadblock.
Ahmad Omar, AP![Lebanese soldiers patrol a neighborhood after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/22/lebanon10220010-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Lebanese soldiers patrol a neighborhood after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen.
Ahmad Omar, AP![A home burns during fighting between Sunni and Shiite factions on Oct. 22 in Tripoli, Lebanon.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/22/lebanon10220002-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=375&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A home burns during fighting between Sunni and Shiite factions on Oct. 22 in Tripoli, Lebanon.
Bilal Hussein, AP![A 10-year-old Sunni boy named Usam holds a weapon in a neighborhood in Tripoli.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/22/lebanon10220003-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A 10-year-old Sunni boy named Usam holds a weapon in a neighborhood in Tripoli.
Bilal Hussein, AP![A Sunni gunman takes cover during fighting in Tripoli.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/22/lebanon10220005-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Sunni gunman takes cover during fighting in Tripoli.
Bilal Hussein, AP![A hospital worker looks at the body of Muhammed Almasry, who was killed during fighting between Sunni and Shiite factions.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/22/lebanon10220006-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A hospital worker looks at the body of Muhammed Almasry, who was killed during fighting between Sunni and Shiite factions.
Bilal Hussein, AP![Tear gas envelops protesters as they pull a barbed wire barrier during clashes after the funeral of Lebanese Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan on Oct. 21 in Beirut. Soldiers fired guns and tear gas to push back hundreds of protesters who broke through a police cordon and tried to storm the government headquarters.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/22/lebanon10220011-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Tear gas envelops protesters as they pull a barbed wire barrier during clashes after the funeral of Lebanese Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan on Oct. 21 in Beirut. Soldiers fired guns and tear gas to push back hundreds of protesters who broke through a police cordon and tried to storm the government headquarters.
Hussein Malla, AP![A girl cries at the funeral of Lebanese Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan at Martyrs' Square in Beirut. The general was assassinated Oct. 19 by a car bomb.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/22/lebanon10220012-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=375&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A girl cries at the funeral of Lebanese Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan at Martyrs' Square in Beirut. The general was assassinated Oct. 19 by a car bomb.
Bilal Hussein, AP![An honor guard carries the casket of Lebanese Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/22/lebanon10220013-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
An honor guard carries the casket of Lebanese Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan.
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