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Salafist Sunni Muslim gunmen take cover during a shoot out in the Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Aug. 22.

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A Lebanese man looks at a hole on a building following a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) strike in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Aug. 22.

Hussein Malla / AP
Lebanese army soldiers in a armored personnel carrier pass Syria street, which divides areas between supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Aug. 22.
Renewed clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad have left ten people dead and at least 75 wounded in fighting in northern Lebanon between two Muslim communities divided over Syria, testing Lebanon's fragile security situation. Full story.
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At least nine people die as Sunni Muslims and Alawites fight for a second day. NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reports.


Syria and Lebanon are on the way to becoming provinces.
Its the Israeli's fault
But he's a patriotic and proud American, you see, and comes with pre-packaged set of "family values". He wants to get down and dirty ( a.k.a wipe out entire sets of human beings )......and that's the exact family value we as a nation are lacking right now. Wish we all learnt from him.
The entire region is going through a "cleansing process" the Tyrants of the Gulf, Saudia Arabia and the easiest to pick off, Jordan, are next. The old paradymn established post ww2 and now post Soviet times are falling, new dictators are on the horizon, democracy will never come here, people are too barbaric in that region.
George.....have you ever taken that gas nozzle in that close-by gas station and smelt it ? Either before or after pumping the gas into your car's tank ? That smell has Gulf and Saudi Arabia written all over it. Dude, you commute and therefore survive because of that and those tyrants are making that possible..if those tyrants vanish , civilized democracy in those very nations will make you transition to walking or bicycle or expensive public transport. Are you ready ?
It's pretty bad when the war in Syria gets more press coverage than Afghanistan is getting. I can't remember the last time I seen any coverage of Afghanistan (or Iraq for that matter) in our mainstream media. Wake up America!
America and it's culvert ways of over throwing countries. When will the people of this country wake the hell up and see this criminal government of ours as it is. Arms dealer to all the Muslim countries, paying Egypt 60 billion a year and now run by Muslim brotherhood. Obama paying million to wait on war with Iran, now wanting to Arm Syria like they did Libya,Iraq and Afghanistan, how many more can we count now. Americans dying by our own weapons and this administration knowing exactly what they are doing to destroy our country from within itself.. Dividing this country with it's racist agenda. We are seeing the start of world wars but Obama and his hallelujahs are paying people to wait until his bought and paid for election deception is over. Criminal governments that are using our military for their invested greed and warmongering military arms dealings. When are the people of this country who have lost their inheritances to a criminal governing system going to wake up and grow some balls, They won't in their selfish Me Myself and I mentalities. Sick American society of selfish pigs who have become blinded puppets..
Cigarettes ! Yes they have smokes while they pull the trigger. Sponsered by big tobacco..
I don't like war as much as the next person, but, look, the only real way this Syrian conflict will end is if we (as the US) deploy troops into Syria, get help from our allies, and end this just like we did in Iraq & Afghanistan. The only issue is Russia & China ... they're backing the Syrians while we're backing the rebels. Our ties with Russia & China will have to be severed entirely as allies in order to launch this war, but it's a risk we'll have to make. We have to have this crap end & we have to do it under our next President (which will obviously be Obama anyway). He's smart ... he'll come up with the smart solution to launch the war into Syria without severing our ties to Russia & China. We will end this for good. Mark my words (but it won't be easy).
Rob wants to severe ties with China. Yet another patriotic American value that must be lauded by us all. You go Rob. Your slippers, sneakers, food utensils, t-shirt, underwear, house furniture .....all are from that land called China.......wanna live in a cave after you severe that tie with China ? You go , man.
who's surprised over this turn of events, seems like all the countries in the middle east are always revved up for a fight with all comers, put two middle easterners together and they want to fight, been that way for thousands of years. we need to steer clear of this conflict and get the hell out of the middle east, let them settle their own sh*t winner takes all
Of course violence spills over into Lebanon. The Syrians, Iranians, and Russians love it there and have controlled it since Black September and the 7 days war. The sooner Assad falls the quicker some real progress can be made at the negotiation table. Naturally, the Russians don't want to lose one of their last Middle eastern "partners", Iran doesn't want to lose one of their few remaining avenues to the outside world, and Assad doesn't want to lose one of its few remaining pressure points directed at Israel not to mention losing his personal power and maybe his head. A pox on all your houses.
Correct..damn those mid east guys, always wanting to fight. What a bunch of uncivilized mortals !
In the good old land of ours, we don't do that. The White man doesnt hate the black man, the black man never fights or shoots. The guy with tattoos loves the turbanned Sikh as his own family member..the mentally screwed up PTSD-filled returnees from Iraq all settle down into a peaceful family life in good old Americana. No one is committing suicides....one has to stretch his / her neck to see violence ( shall we compare Beirut and Chicago ? I bet Chicago had more deaths than Beirut in just August ).
Deranged folks just keep to themselves instead of bursting into movie theaters and killing at random.
Just those middle eastern guys....uncivilized for the last thousand years. We in the US of A have been running civilized all along...wait a moment....what happened to the Native Tribes ? Ooops...wiped out ? How ? By love ? Guns ? Ooops...better not rake up the past!
First off - the first photo shows some serious tatoos on their arms - strictly against Islam - second off - these monkeys sons of dogs just know how to fight - there is no talk or peace or future. Let them kill each other - keeps them from focusing on Israel of the US -
If Romnuts wins he will take all 5 of his sons down to the Army recruiters office get them enlisted and send them to Syria and Iran. He wants to redeem himself for what he did during Vietnam.
for all those that would like to see Lebanon fall along with Syria and Iran, please don't forget that Lebanon is a democracy. One of the few in the middle east.
No democracy on earth has one politcal party with its' own private army that caused a war with a neighboriung country and countless deaths. The Hezbollah Brown Shirts remind me of a European Country in the early 30's.
The first photo was staged, made to look like it was taken during a shootout but it wasnt. look closly the man on the left had no clip in his AK. And the media doesnt doctor stories?? just sayin
If Syria and Lebanon had privateley (foreign) owned Central Banks (like our Federal Reserve) through which they could be controlled, none of this would be necessary.
by the pictures coming out from there , there doing a good job of damaging there city. all we can hope for is that one side kills enough of them . so there's not as many Muslims scum left in the world. other country should close there borders too them . let them have as many killed where they are !!!!
you.are.a.racist.bigot------grouping.all.members.of.a.religion.together.is.so.ignorant--I.know.some.really.assinine.Christians---does.that.mean.all.Christians.are.asses---just.as.all.Christians.are.not.born-again.radicals..all.muslims.are.not.terrorists---just.as.we.have.people.tht.do.not.practice.their.creed..here.are.also.Muslims.that.bend.the.rules---open.your.eyes
What a great video game. You can't tell the good guy from the bad guy. People will never get to stage three on winning.
Alot.of.young.men.in.America.are.living.in.a.game.controlled.universe---they.smoke.weed.,play.war.games.and.wait.for.mom.to.call.them.up.from.the.basement.for.dinner--if.the.draft.ever.is.reinstated.there.will.be.a.boatload.of.shocked.and.confused.young.people
The guys in the 1st pic are in noway "SALAFIST" They are Tattooed and one of them is smoking a Cigarette , Which is a Big NO NO in Salafisme Islam , I suggest you research your Subject before writing some Ignorant and out of sync Press titles , They are just some random Guys fighting for their freedom and dignity point .
better them then our men and women