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Hussein Malla / AP
A Lebanese military intelligence agent holds his gun as he runs during clashes between Lebanese troops and a Syrian gunman who had engaged in an hours-long shootout with the security forces, in Beirut, Lebanon, on May 24, 2012.
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Lebanese security forces take position as they storm a building in Beirut's Karakass district on May 24, 2012 following a shootout during the night with a man holed up inside a flat.
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A Lebanese soldier, right, and a policeman, left, take position in front of the apartment building where clashes erupted.
Reuters reports — Two people were killed when Lebanese soldiers stormed an apartment in Beirut on Thursday where a gunman had exchanged fire with security forces, a security source at the scene said.
The source told Reuters the gunman, a Syrian national, was killed when the soldiers broke into the apartment at around 6 a.m. (11 p.m. ET), following several hours of shooting.
Boiling point: On Lebanon's Syria Street, a civil war brews
They found the body of another man in the apartment, along with rifles and grenades, and two men who were arrested.
Four soldiers were wounded, the source said.
It was not immediately clear whether the incident was linked to recent sectarian violence in the Lebanese capital which has been fuelled by the conflict in neighboring Syria. Read the full story.
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Lebanese soldiers help a young girl and her family flee her house via a backyard during the clashes.
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Lebanese security forces detain an unidentified man outside a building in Beirut's Karakass district on May 24, 2012.
Syria's chaos has come over the border into Lebanon, with gunmen clashing in deadly street battles. NBC's John Ray reports.
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The US should stay out of this mess! If the rest of the world wants Assad to go, they should step up and do the deed. KEEP US OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And...John McCain and his shill Joe Lieberman should keep their traps shut. Funny how these old farts would send US troops to do their bidding and die for what???
Isn't this one of their more peaceful days there .... ??
Hell has taken over the Entire the Middle East.
Let them all deal with their love for Murder. US stays out.
We've done a good job so far. Killing is their biggest talent in their Holy Countries. The KORAN makes "good" people and love for their children. Honor Killings.
Armageddon---happening now in that Region.
I absolutely love seeing the socialistic dominoes falling one by one in Europe.
They are running out of other people's money.
Mike:
Are you writing re: the Correct Article presented?
This is about Syria and the Middle East, not Europe.
America needs to take assad out and stop the slaughter
America are watching right now like a jerry springer show.
OBAMA better not send any troops in Lebanon.
An M16A2 and an M4 in the photos make it obvious that Lebanese security forces can buy American small arms without much trouble. One must wonder if this is another Fast & Furious Eric Holder deal.