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A masked protester carried a tire to add to burning tires used as a roadblock to protest the death of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, head of the intelligence division of Lebanon's domestic security forces in a car bomb attack targeting his convoy, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. Protesters burned tires and set up roadblocks around Lebanon on Saturday in a sign of boiling anger over a massive car bomb that killed a top security official and seven other people a day earlier ó a devastating attack that threatened to bring Syria's civil war to Lebanon.(AP Photo/ Mohammed Zaatari)

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Syria_4181_20121019

A Lebanese rescue worker, left, and a civilian carry an injured girl from the scene of an explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Oct. 19, 2012. Lebanese Red Cross and security officials say a car bomb in east Beirut has killed at least eight people and wounded dozens in the worst blast the city has seen in years, coming at a time when Lebanon has seen a rise in tension and eruptions of clashes stemming from the civil war in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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A injured woman is carried by a civilian at the scene of an explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Oct. 19, 2012. Lebanese Red Cross and security officials say a car bomb in east Beirut has killed at least eight people and wounded dozens in the worst blast the city has seen in years, coming at a time when Lebanon has seen a rise in tension and eruptions of clashes stemming from the civil war in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Sunni hardline preacher Sheikh Ahmad Assir speaks during a protest against an anti-Islam movie, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Anger over insults to Islam's Prophet Muhammad isn't enough to bring Lebanon's divided Sunni and Shiite Muslims together. The two sects, which have been locked in sometimes violent political competition, held separate protests Friday. Sunni protesters accused Shiite Hezbollah of using the demonstrators to distract from the fighting in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)

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Lebanese soldiers inspect damaged that from an explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Oct. 19, 2012. Lebanese Red Cross and security officials say a car bomb in east Beirut has killed at least eight people and wounded dozens in the worst blast the city has seen in years, coming at a time when Lebanon has seen a rise in tension and eruptions of clashes stemming from the civil war in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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A youth and goats pass by Turkish military stationed on the Turkish side of the border near Syrian rebel-controlled town of Tel Abyad, in Akcakale, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish troops have returned fire after a mortar shell from Syria again landed on its territory. Turkish artillery has fired at Syrian targets for two straight days after shelling from Syria killed five civilians in Turkey. .(AP Photo)

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Turkish military stand near the Turkey-Syria border in Akcakale, Turkey, early Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day Thursday, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town. (AP Photo)

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Syrians carry a rebel injured during fighting with the Syrian army in the Syrian town of Tel Abyad, background behind border gate, to the Turkish city of Akcakale on the Turkey-Syria border, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish troops have returned fire after a mortar shell from Syria again landed on its territory. Turkish artillery has fired at Syrian targets for two straight days after shelling from Syria killed five civilians in Turkey. The Turkish flag, left, and the three star Syrian rebel flag, right, fly over the border post. (AP Photo)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army sniper shoots his gun towards government troops as rebel fighters belonging to the Liwa Al Tawhid group carry out a military operation at the Moaskar front line, one of the battlefields in Karmal Jabl neighborhood, in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter shoots a gun as rebel fighters belonging to the Liwa Al Tawhid group carry out a military operation at the Karmal Jabl front line, in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).

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Syria_4171_20121024

In this Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 photo, a rebel fighter retreats for cover as enemy fire targets the rebel position during clashes at the Moaskar front line, one of the battlefields in the Karmal Jabl neighborhood, of Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter watches over an enemy position as rebel fighters belonging to the Liwa Al Tawhid group carry out a military operation at the Moaskar front line, one of the battlefields in the Karmal Jabl neighborhood, in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).

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Syria_4169_20121024

In this Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 photo. An Free Syrian Army fighter shoots his gun towards government troops as rebel fighters belonging to the Liwa Al Tawhid group carry out a military operation at the Moaskar front line, one of the battlefields in Karmal Jabl neighborhood, in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).

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VOTERS_4153_20121025

Mitt Romney shakes hands with supporters after a campaign speech at Jet Machine, a small business military manufacturing company, Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday, October 25, 2012. Since the Iraq war and Afghanistan war draw down Jet Machine has gone from 160 employees to 115 employees and has begun shifting into manufacturing for oil drilling and hydraulic fracturing. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Susan Kyde of Loveland, Ohio, second from left, bends down to kiss her husband Rodger, left, who served in the Vietnam War after Republican Presidential Candidate Gov. Mitt Romney asked all veterans to raise their hand and be recognized during a campaign speech at Jet Machine, a small business military manufacturing company, Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday, October 25, 2012. Since the Iraq war and Afghanistan war draw down Jet Machine has gone from 160 employees to 115 employees and has begun shifting into manufacturing for oil drilling and hydraulic fracturing. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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VOTERS_4151_20121025

The word "Jobs" hangs large above the stage, left, where Republican Presidential Candidate Gov. Mitt Romney, right, speaks inside a warehouse at Jet Machine, a small business military manufacturing company, Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday, October 25, 2012. Since the Iraq war and Afghanistan war draw down, Jet Machine has gone from 160 employees to 115 employees and has begun shifting into manufacturing for oil drilling and hydraulic fracturing. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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VOTERS_4150_20121025

The word "Jobs" hangs large above workers with Jet Machine, a small business military manufacturing company where Republican Presidential Candidate Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign stop, Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday, October 25, 2012. Since the Iraq war and Afghanistan war draw down, Jet Machine has gone from 160 employees to 115 employees and has begun shifting into manufacturing for oil drilling and hydraulic fracturing. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Julie McCormick of Cincinnati, Ohio, left, smiles as Mitt Romney supporters photograph her in a big hat with a cut out of the state of Ohio taped to it before Romney speaks at a campaign stop at Jet Machine, a small business military manufacturing company, Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday, October 25, 2012. Since the Iraq war and Afghanistan war draw down Jet Machine has gone from 160 employees to 115 employees and has begun shifting into manufacturing for oil drilling and hydraulic fracturing. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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VOTERS_4148_20121025

The word "Jobs" hangs large above the stage where Republican Presidential Candidate Gov. Mitt Romney, right, speaks inside a warehouse at Jet Machine, a small business military manufacturing company, Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday, October 25, 2012. Since the Iraq war and Afghanistan war draw down, Jet Machine has gone from 160 employees to 115 employees and has begun shifting into manufacturing for oil drilling and hydraulic fracturing. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)