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Anti Syrian regime protesters chant slogans in Martyrs' Square for the funeral for the country's intelligence chief, Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Lebanese soldiers fired guns and tear gas to push back hundreds of protesters who broke through a police cordon and tried to storm the government headquarters in Beirut. The enraged crowd came from the funeral of a top Lebanese intelligence official assassinated in a massive car bombing. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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Lebanese women weep during the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan and his bodyguard Ahmad Sahyouni, who were assassinated on Friday by a car bomb, at Martyrs' Square in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Lebanese soldiers fired guns and tear gas to push back hundreds of protesters who broke through a police cordon and tried to storm the government headquarters in Beirut. The enraged crowd came from the funeral of a top Lebanese intelligence official assassinated in a massive car bombing.(AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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Lebanese protesters are enveloped in tear gas as they pull a barbed-wire barrier during clashes after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan who was assassinated on Friday by a car bomb in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday Oct. 21, 2012. Lebanese soldiers fired guns and tear gas to push back hundreds of protesters who broke through a police cordon and tried to storm the government headquarters in Beirut. The enraged crowd came from the funeral of a top Lebanese intelligence official assassinated in a massive car bombing.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Lebanese honor guards carry coffins wrapped with Lebanese flags of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan and his bodyguard, Ahmad Sahyouni, who were assassinated on Friday by a car bomb, during their funeral procession at Martyrs' Square in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Thousands of Lebanese waving the national flag packed a central square in downtown Beirut Sunday for the funeral of a top intelligence official assassinated in a car bombing that many blame on the regime in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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Lebanese protesters chant slogans against the Lebanese government after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, who was assassinated on Friday by a car bomb in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday Oct. 21, 2012. Lebanese soldiers fired guns and tear gas to push back hundreds of protesters who broke through a police cordon and tried to storm the government headquarters in Beirut. The enraged crowd came from the funeral of a top Lebanese intelligence official assassinated in a massive car bombing. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was left in ruin after a Sept. 11 attack initially blamed on a “spontaneous” mob. Other intelligence information indicates that the deadly attack was carried out by al Qaeda-linked militants. (Associated Press)

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Honor guards carry the coffin, which is wrapped in the Lebanese flag, of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan during the funeral procession at Martyrs Square in Beirut on Sunday. Gen. al-Hassan was killed by a car bomb on Friday. (Associated Press)

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Police and protesters clash after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan in Beirut on Sunday. Clashes erupted after the funeral for Gen. al-Hassan, who was a powerful opponent of Syria in Lebanon. He was buried in Martyrs Square in Beirut near former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was killed in 2005. (Associated Press)

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Protesters chant slogans against the Lebanese government in Beirut on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, who was assassinated on Friday in a car bombing. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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A family walks past flaming 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. (AP Photo/ Mohammed Zaatari)

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** FILE ** Palestinians sit by the port in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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Lebanese civilians carry injured people at the scene of a car bomb explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh in Beirut on Oct. 19, 2012. The bomb killed at least eight people and wounded dozens in the worst blast the city has seen in years, officials said. (Associated Press)

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Lebanese soldiers inspect damaged buildings at the scene of an explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh in Beirut on Oct. 19, 2012. The bomb killed at least eight people and wounded dozens in the worst blast the city has seen in years, officials said. (Associated Press)