Beirut Clashes Turn Violent

Lebanese soldiers take position at the entrance of Taamir area in the southern port city of Sidon, Jan. 25, 2007. Five people were wounded in a gunbattle between Lebanese troops and armed Islamists of the tiny radical group Jund al-Sham, outside Ain El-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon's capital today, security sources said.

Lebanese soldiers take position at the entrance of Taamir area in the southern port city of Sidon, Jan. 25, 2007.

An elderly Palestinian woman leaves the Ain El-Helweh refugee camp with relatives as Lebanese army troops take position at the Taamir area in the southern port city of Sidon during clashes with Islamic militants Jan. 25, 2007.

Lebanese soldiers deploy in a Beirut street Jan. 25, 2007. Heavy clashes erupted between pro- and anti-government supporters.

Lebanese try to douse a burning car in a Beirut street Jan. 25, 2007.

Lebanese soldiers fire in the air, trying to keep rioters away, in Beirut, Jan. 25, 2007.

Lebanese youths take cover during heavy clashes in a Beirut street Jan. 25, 2007.

Lebanese soldiers stand guard as students flee the scene of heavy clashes in Beirut Jan. 25, 2007.

Lebanese soldiers arrive in Beirut to deploy in the area of heavy clashes Jan. 25, 2007.

Lebanese children appear behind the shattered windshield of their school bus, as they flee heavy clashes in Beirut Jan. 25, 2007.

Lebanese opposition supporters evacuate a wounded comrade at the scene of heavy clashes in Beirut Jan. 25, 2007.

Lebanese soldiers deploy at the scene of heavy clashes in Beirut, Jan. 25, 2007. Demonstrators from rival political factions wielded clubs and threw rocks in street battles across the capital, medics said.

Lebanese Hezbollah-led supporters gather at the site in Beirut of heavy fighting Jan. 25, 2007.

A Lebanese university student flees the site of clashes in Beirut Jan. 25, 2007.

Smoke billows from burned barricades blocking a street in Beirut Jan. 25, 2007.

Lebanese women flee the scene of heavy clashes in Beirut Jan. 25, 2007.

Lebanese soldiers deploy at the site where heavy clashes erupted in Beirut, 25 January 2007.

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