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A Sunni Muslim gunman takes position behind sandbags in the Sunni Muslim dominant Bab al-Tebbaneh neighborhood in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, during clashes with Alawites, Aug. 21, 2012. The fighting between Sunni Muslims and Alawites in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli are another spillover from the war in neighboring Syria, security and medical sources said on Tuesday.
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Smoke rises from a residential building in the Sunni Muslim dominant neighborhood of Bab al-Tebbaneh in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, during clashes between Sunni Muslims and Alawites, Aug. 21.
Two people were killed and more than 60 wounded in clashes between Sunni Muslims and Alawites in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli in another spillover from the war in neighboring Syria, security and medical sources said on Tuesday.
Gunmen in the Sunni district of Bab al-Tabbaneh and their Alawite rivals in Jebel Mohsen exchanged gun and grenade fire in sporadic fighting overnight and into the day, despite action by Lebanese army troops deployed in the port city, residents said.
Chronic Sunni-Alawite tensions in Tripoli have been heightened by the 17-month-old, mainly Sunni, uprising in Syria against President Bashar al-Assad, an Alawite. Clashes in the city killed 15 people in early June. Continue reading the full story.
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Sunni Muslim gunmen fire their weapons in the Sunni Muslim dominant neighborhood of Bab al-Tebbaneh in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, during clashes with Alawites, Aug. 21.
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Lebanese army soldiers deploy in the Sunni Muslim dominant neighborhood of Bab al-Tebbaneh in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, Aug. 21.
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After months of protests and violent crackdowns, a look back at the violence that has overtaken the country.
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What do you expect , NATO , and the US sending arms through Lebanon to SYRIA and most of these Alqaida thugs are training in Lebanon , the US and Israel thinks that might weaken Hozballah , but and and see these thugs make Hezbollah look like saints , At least Hezbollah just want Israel out of Lebanon , but these thugs just want to murder people , we are the best at training freedom fighters thugs, the ones that turn into Alqaida real fast , thank you Saudia and Qatar , your day ia coming when the US wake up and see the light .
myway - your claims is bogus, this is not outsiders like the US and/or NATO war, its Assad against the majority of syrians in which Assad is commiting crimes against humanity, thinking only of himself and willing to kill thousands upon thousands in vain to stay in power (in which he won't) The world dispise Assad not the U.S. you got that one @ss backwards. In your support of Assad's genocide, you are a criminal, supporting a hitler like dictator killings of his own people (not outside terrorists as you and your hero Assad is claiming, most likely Assad will end up dead or will hang for the crimes he commit that you support. One question: how do you live with yourself while Assad is tortoring children by cutting off their body parts and burning them to death, you and Assad should die a harsh death like in a torture chamber to get a taste of Assad own medicine
Pakistani authorities arrested a Christian girl in the eleventh for blasphemy and desecration of the Koran pages.
According to Pakistani media that the girl was detained on charges of blasphemy after he called collect angry arrest them and threatened to burn the homes of Christians on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad.
Officials say the girl suffered from learning difficulties and she was unable to answer questions the police.
The police impounded the girl's parents to protect them after they had received threats.
Said Paul Patty Minister coexistence in a Pakistani national told the BBC that it is well known that the girl suffers from a mental disorder and that it was "unlikely to have desecrated the Koran deliberately."
He Patty "from the reports that I've seen, seen the girl carrying bag waste was inside some pages of the Koran. This angered residents of the area and gathered a great collection to take action against it. Police were reluctant at first to her arrest, but under pressure from the angry crowd that threatened burned Christian homes. "
Pakistani Christians complain that they are often accused unjustly of blasphemy.
It condemned the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan charges against the girl. The newspaper quoted "without" the Committee as saying "the fact that the girl suffers from mental problems makes the accusation barbaric."
The minister said Pakistan "fled about 600 people from the Christian Quarter. Working to ensure security in the region so that they can return to their homes."
Patty said that the incident took place on the seventeenth of August / August after Friday prayers.
He urged the activists in the field of human rights Pakistan to reform the blasphemy laws controversial, and under which the accused was jailed for life on charges of desecration of the Koran.
And killed many of the accused of blasphemy by a massive crowd, also targeted politicians who seek to change the laws.
In the past year killed Patty Shabazz and Minister for Minorities after demand for the abolition decision kayaking.
Yes it is all those countries who are not sending Arms "wink wink" into Syria.
I wish I could draw a cartoon showing the US,EU, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia,Turkey,China giving Arms to Syria like pinching salt in a soup with the little people just gobbling them up. Then it overflows the pot and spills all over the place.
Hey remember the Rambo movie where he saves the Afgan's from Russia life is stranger than fiction.
This attempt by the West to unseat an unpopular regime is another perfect example why the rest of the World despises America...What a complete and utter lie this whole story is..It's another quasi war being funded and armed by America and it's allies in the region...Read about it at the Kool Aid Stand.....drinkitall blogspot com
from NBC embedded reporter - Myth: FSA are al-Qaida or at least infiltrated by al-Qaida. There's no evidence of a large al-Qaida presence. This is not an al-Qaida fight. In the last day, we have met three rebel commanders. One was an air-conditioner repairman before the war. and a tomato and zucchini farmer. The third grew grain and lentils. One of the commanders considers himself an Islamist. The other two are more secular.
In total, the three commanders control about 1,500 men. Not one of the commanders supports al-Qaida, nor have any of the dozens rebels have we have met. Some reports that al-Qaida fighters had recently taken over the Baab al-Howa border crossing. There was a video that showed rebels carrying an all black flag, similar to ones favored by al-Qaida. We spoke with the rebel leader who carried the flag. He said he has nothing to do with al-Qaida and the flag was an Islamic one.
It's no longer a matter of "If" Assad will fall but "when." All indications are that Assad is going to fall. But how many more Syrians need to go with him?
This fight is not about Al-Queera vs. Assad, but majority of syria people vs. Assad, his tribe (10% of the population) and his military tanks, helicopter gunships, and other heavy weapontry that the freedom fighters lack.
John... John.... It's time to wake up John...
Don't cry, it wasn't real... you were just having a bad dream!
You friggin idiot... fifty other reports and articles that verify the radical muslim factions as being front and center and you key in on one lopsided reporters BS?
I hope these thugs never win , because if they did , they are going to murder every christian in that part of the world , and I can tell our Conservatives preachers can give a darn about here , just do not touch Israel , THE CHOSEN ONE . BS .
part of the UN report based upon eye witnesses accounts - In the town of Houla on May 25, the commission said, President Bashar al-Assad's forces and militia allies were responsible for killing more than 100 civilians, nearly half of them children.
John M you are full of it as always , they admitted it was the your freedom Alqaida rebels did that , off course you must be an Alqaida your self , or one of these Jewish extremists to hate the Syrians like you do , and if what you saying its true about most of the Syrian against the government , where are they , and why these thugs have to go and hide between civilians and killing them while they are taking their homes , and why every where your people go ( the Alqaida thugs ) they destroy every where . so I guess you were one of these people that put together the Iraqi war propaganda and now you are putting the Israeli's Iran propaganda , hey man you are doing a good Job at lying ???you must be a politician .
i love the fact that all 7 cooments on this page are by people that actually know whats going on. yes this is a war that AMERICA is fighting through the thugs you mentioned. i just got back from a month long trip to lebanon and the last thing the PEOPLE want is another war. they are tired and unfortunatly they are gonna get dragged into it because a group of thugs backed by the US dont care about anything but war and more blood. the US hasent learned from libya, egypt, yemen, somalia, ect... lesson: your only making matters worse for the people (not including the thugs), mind your own business and take care of your own people in the US!!!
blaming the US for everything is old and bogus, this is arab spring started by the people for the people to kick crude dictators to the curb. This is not a CIA or NATO action. It is syria people demanding their rights and freedom. Like the right to elect the leader of "their" choosing instead of a dictator electing himself while ruling with a iron fist using stalin's logic "kill and/or imprison all dissent no matter how young.
The unrest, now regarded by Syrians, diplomats and analysts as a civil war, has taken its toll on the regime, one prominent defector said.
Riyad Hijab, the former Syrian prime minister who recently fled to neighboring Jordan to escape the al-Assad regime, said Tuesday that the "regime's morale, economy and military has completely collapsed and the regime is only in control of no more than 30% of Syrian lands."
Analyst Jeffrey White cites another grim scenario for the regime in an essay published Tuesday, saying that "given the recent battles in Damascus and Aleppo, the regime can no longer be confident of securing even the most critical parts of the country."
"For the regime, the war's trajectory is essentially downward. The speed of this descent is still in question, but not the process itself," said White, a defense fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Muslims from all over the world are coming to kill Al Assad and his regime, who are now considered by Islamic scholars to be worse than infidels (unbelievers). Highly respected Islamic Cleric Safwat Hejazi in Cairo, Egypt has issued a death fatwa against Al Assad, saying that the "killing of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad is a duty for every Muslim". Well known Saudi Islamic scholar Sheikh Ayedh Al Qarni has also issued a fatwa to kill Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, stressing in his fatwa that "killing Bashar Al Assad is more important than killing Israelis". Insurgent Muslims from all over the world have been heading to Syria in droves to answer the call of jihad (holy war) against Assad's regime.
John M you are such a dumb assss man , you just answered the question you been asking yourself and i been telling you for months , All these fatwas by these Muslim brother hood sheikhs as you call them are nothing but murderers and they are sending these Alqaida thugs and Muslims brother hood fanatics from all over the rat holes from the Muslims world to fight the Syrians , Why??? because the Saudis and Qataris want him out because he is a modern leader and does not believe in their extremists way , and yes some Syrians are defecting , but did that guy Hejab tell you that he got a million dollars and he will get paid the rest of his miserable life , and the other ambassador to Iraq he got another million dollars , so they are just like our politicians , no different buddy , I wonder how much Hillary , McCain and Lieberman and Graham getting for their support for these rebels , and why they flying every where to Lebanon , Turkey , and Jordan trying to get SAFE AREAS FOR THESE THUGS TO OPERATE FROM , IS IT THEIR LOVE FOR THE SYRIAN PEOPLE ??? OR IS IT THEIR LOYALTY TO THE Saudis AND QATARIS ( ALQAIDA MASTERS ) OR THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO GET ASSAD OUT , BECAUSE HE IS AN ALLY OF IRAN , HOW ABOUT THE SYRIAN CHRISTIANS ?? ANY BODY CARE ABOUT THEIR WELL BEING , NOT YOU EVIDENTLY OR NONE OF THESE SENATORS ABOVE , I THOUGHT THEY WERE CHRISTIANS ??? SO John M enough with your crap man , any body give a fatwa to kill some body else is nothing but a murderer thug and their followers are nothing but Alqaida thugs too .
The Alawites are one of the minorities of the Muslims when compared the former President, who is a Sunni, of Iraq.