[An Nahar] Shooting broke out on Friday in the northern city of Tripoli as pro- and anti-Syria gunnies deployed heavily in the rival neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen, Agence La Belle France Presse reported."There is a heavy armed presence and shooting in the Sunni Moslem neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh and the Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen," a security official said, requesting anonymity.
"One person driving by was injured in the gunfire."
He said the army had deployed in both neighborhoods earlier in the day, but later retreated to a street dividing the two sides.
"Two soldiers were maimed in the festivities," he said.
For its part, state-run National News Agency said three grenades went
kaboom!in an area located between the two rival districts.
"Sporadic volleys of machinegun fire are being heard every now and then," NNA added.
It said three civilians were maimed in the fighting, identifying them as Jihad Mohammed al-Sabaa, 24, Mohammed Ali Asaad, 46, and Khaled Saidawi, 25.
Meanwhile,
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MTV said a number of Bab al-Tabbaneh residents decamped the area of the festivities.
"The army is firing back at the sources of the gunfire at the moment," Radio Voice of Leb reported.
Later on Friday, President Michel Suleiman
...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too...
called on the military and security forces deployed in Tripoli to "firmly suppress those disrupting security and civil peace, especially in the North and specifically in Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh."