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| Leb on high alert after deadly riots |
| 2008-01-29 |
| The Lebanese army was on high alert in the capital Beirut on Monday following weekend riots that left at least seven people dead and stoked fears of civil unrest. Troops were out in force, setting up sandbags and checkpoints along roads leading from the mainly Shiite neighbourhoods of southern Beirut to Christian areas of the capital. The scene was a stark reminder of the beginning of the 1975-1990 civil war as the first line of demarcation at the time was in the same area. Seven people were killed in Sunday’s riots, including activists from the Syrian-backed opposition parties Amal and Hezbollah, a security official told AFP. About 40 people were also injured. “Black Sunday” said the headline in the Arabic daily Al-Mustaqbal. |
| Posted by:Fred |