A Shiite gunman from the Amal group reacts during clashes in a newly seized neighborhood in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008. Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized control of neighborhoods in the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday following sectarian clashes reminiscent of Lebanon's bloody 15-year civil war.
Shiite gunman carries a rifle as he rides a motorcycle down Hamra Street, a normally vibrant commercial strip during clashes in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008. Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday, in street battles that left 11 dead, security officials said.
A Lebanese woman cleans the bullet riddled windshield of her car after clashes between Shiite gunmen and government supporters in her neighborhood in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008.
A Sunni Lebanese family carries their luggage as they flee their home in an area recently taken by Hezbollah supporters in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday May 9, 2008.
Lebanese troops patrol streets during clashes in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008.
Shiite gunmen from the Amal group detain Sunni government supporters after storming their building during a gun-battle in a newly seized neighborhood in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008.
A Shiite gunman from the Amal group guards an intersection in a newly seized neighborhood in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008.
Supporters of a Shiite Hezbollah militia set up a barricade on the beach road in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008. Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday following the country's worst sectarian clashes since the bloody 15-year civil war.
A Shiite gunman from Amal group fires with his AK-47 during a gun battle in a newly seized neighborhood in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008.
Lebanese soldiers ride on their armored personnel carrier through a barricade on the beach road in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008.
A Shiite gunman roams near a burnt-out car in a newly seized neighborhood during clashes in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008.
A masked Shiite gunman smokes a water pipe as he rests in a Beirut street, Friday May 9, 2008.
An anti-government gunman loyal to a pro-Syrian group throws a Molotov cocktail towards a two-story building belonging to Future TV and featuring a poster of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008.
A poster of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri catches fire after anti-government gunmen loyal to a pro-Syrian group attacked and set on fire a two-story building that belongs to the Hariri's Future TV in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008.