Sunni Muslim gunmen with weapons walk through the streets of Kaskas in Beirut on October 22, 2012, after a night of tension following the funeral of an intelligence official killed by a car bomb. Sunday's clashes fed into a growing political crisis in Lebanon linked to the civil war in neighboring Syria.

A man rides his motorcycle between a burning tire and garbage containers laid by Sunni protesters after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut, Oct. 22, 2012.

Lebanese Army soldiers patrol a neighborhood after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut, Oct. 22, 2012. Shortly before noon Lebanese troops began a big operation in the capital aiming to open all closed roads and to force gunmen out of the streets after overnight clashes following the funeral of Lebanese Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan.

A man and his children walk away from clashes between Sunni Muslim gunmen and members of the Lebanese army in Kaskas, Beirut, October 22, 2012.

Lebanese Army soldiers patrol a neighborhood after overnight clashes between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut, Oct. 22, 2012.

Police and protesters clash after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan in Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 21.

An injured Lebanese woman is carried away by protesters during clashes with security forces after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan.

Lebanese protestes wave Syrian revolutionary flags, national flags and Islamic flags as they gather in Martyrs' Square at funeral for the country's intelligence chief, Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan.

Members of the Internal Security Forces lay the coffins of slain intelligence officer Wissam al-Hassan and his bodyguard Ahmed Sahyouni beside each other as Lebanon's police chief Ashraf Rifi, left, Minister of Information Walid Daouq and Lebanon's Army Commander Jean Kahwaji pay their respects during an official ceremony.

Protesters march in the Achrafieh neighborhood a day after a car bomb attack that killed Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan and at least seven others in Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 20. Protesters burned tires and set up roadblocks around Lebanon on Saturday in a sign of boiling anger over a massive car bomb a day earlier-- a devastating attack that threatened to bring Syria's civil war to Lebanon. The writing on the woman's face reads, 'Rafik Hariri,' and 'Wissam al-Hassan.'

A Lebanese rescue man, carries an injured boy at the scene of an explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 19.

A man reacts near a burning car at the site of an explosion in Ashafriyeh, central Beirut, on Oct. 19. At least eight people were killed and 78 wounded by a bomb that exploded in central Beirut on Friday, the state news agency said.

Lebanese rescue workers and civilians carry an injured girl from the scene of an explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 19.

Firefighters extinguish fire at the scene of an explosion in Ashrafieh, central Beirut on Oct. 19.

Relatives comfort a wounded woman at the site of an explosion in Ashafriyeh, central Beirut, on Oct. 19.

Lebanese soldiers inspect damaged buildings at the scene of an explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 19.

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, second right, escorted by his bodyguards, greets his supporters at an anti-U.S. protest in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sept. 17. Nasrallah has been living in hiding to avoid assassination since Hezbollah fought a month-long war with Israel in 2006.

Supporters of Hezbollah burn an Israeli flag during a mass rally to denounce an anti-Islam US-made film, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 17.

Supporters of Hezbollah carry banners and Hezbollah flags as they march during a mass rally to denounce an anti-Islam U.S.-made film, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 17.

Faithful wave Lebanese and Vatican City flags amid confetti upon Pope Benedict XVI's arrival in his pope mobile at the Baabda Presidential Palace near Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 15. Pope Benedict is in Lebanon on a three-day visit.

Youth wait for Pope Benedict XVI in Bkerke, Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 15. Pope Benedict XVI has appealed for religious freedom in the Middle East, calling it fundamental for stability in a region bloodied by sectarian strife. Benedict arrived in Lebanon Friday amid a wave of violent protests across the Middle East over an anti-Islam film.

Pope Benedict XVI meets religious authorities at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 15. Pope Benedict XVI appealed for peace and reconciliation among religions Friday as violence over an anti-Islam movie spilled over into Lebanon within hours of his arrival in the tumultuous region. Lebanon has the largest percentage of Christians in the Mideast — nearly 40 percent of the country's 4 million people, with Maronite Catholics being the largest sect.

Lebanese protesters attack American fast food restaurants after Friday prayers in the northeastern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Sept. 14.

Lebanese men ransack American fast food chains Hardee's and KFC as they protest against the controversial film "Innocence of Muslims" in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Sept. 14.

Lebanese security forces fire shots to disperse men ransacking American fast food chains Hardee's and KFC as they protest against the controversial film "Innocence of Muslims" in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Sept. 14.

Hundreds of protesters set alight a Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Hardee's restaurant in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Sept. 14, witnesses said, chanting against the pope's visit to Lebanon and shouting anti-American slogans.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lebanese army soldiers deploy in the Sunni Muslim dominant neighborhood of Bab al-Tebbaneh in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, Aug. 21.

A Syrian woman, cries as she carries her injured son who was shot in his hand by the Syrian border guard when they were crossing a river from Syria to Lebanon, at the northern Lebanese-Syrian border town of Wadi Khaled, in Akkar, north Lebanon, Wednesday, May 30. U.N. observers have discovered 13 bound corpses in eastern Syria, many of them apparently shot execution-style, the monitoring mission said Wednesday. The announcement comes days after a massacre in Houla, in the central Homs province, which killed more than 100 people and prompted worldwide condemnation against the regime of President Bashar Assad.

A Lebanese Red Cross volunteer, left, treats a Syrian injured man who was shot in his leg by the Syrian border guard when he was crossing a river from Syria into Lebanon, is seen on the ground, at the northern Lebanese-Syrian border town of Wadi Khaled, in Akkar, north Lebanon, Wednesday May 30.

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.

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.

Lebanese security forces detain an unidentified man outside a building in Beirut's Karakass district on May 24, 2012.