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WRAP Strike and violence a'math, reax; Bekaa Valley clashes;Fatfat

(8 May 2008) Beirut - 08 May 2008 1. Wide of Lebanese Army Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) patrolling a street 2. Sign of city centre 3. Mid of Lebanese Army APC patrolling 4. Lebanese Youth and sports Minister Ahmad Fatfat establisher 5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ahmad Fatfat, Lebanese youth and sports Minister: "The Lebanese government is in a position (where it's) resisting many attacks from different sides: sometimes the Israel aggression, the continuous Syrian interventions and now to be frank there is an assault on Lebanese sovereignty directly from Hezbollah and Iran and for sure we need support and help from different sides to prevent this outrageous assault." 6. Pull out from Prime Minister's office to burnt tires on street Saadnayel, East Lebanon - 08 May 2008 7. Mid of fire and rubble 8. Smoke rising with mosque in background 9. Lebanese soldier crouching by wall 10. Lebanese soldiers boarding lorry 11. Lebanese Army APC on patrol 12. Lebanese soldiers taking positions in fields Beirut, airport road - 08 May 2008 13. Flames and smoke rising from burning tires blocking airport road 14. Wide of flames and smoke rising from tires 15. Sign of airport with rubble blocking road 16. Flames and smoke from burning tires 17. Pan from runway of Beirut's airport to departure terminal building Corniche Mazraa, Beirut - 08 May 2008 18. Wide of street and smoke rising from burning containers 19. Burning garbage containers 20. Wide of Lebanese Army APC Nwairi - 08 May 2008 21. Street pan to damaged building 22. Close up damaged window 23. Various of burned out cars Beirut - 07 May 2008 24. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Grand Mufti Mohammed Rashid Kabbani, Lebanon's Top Sunni Cleric: "We call on our sons and brothers and our people in Beirut in particular and Lebanon in general to work to prevent sectarian strife and to hold on to their national and religious unity. At the same time, we warn against the continuation of Hezbollah's attack on the dignity of the Lebanese and their attempt to control the state and its institutions and prevent its return to normal life." Hamra Street - 08 May 2008 25. Wide of Street 26. Closed shops 27. Close up lock on shutter STORYLINE Shiite supporters of Iranian-backed Hezbollah and Sunnis backing Lebanon's U.S.-allied government clashed for a second day on Thursday as sectarian confrontations in Beirut spilled over to other parts of the country. The violence appeared to be a test of wills by the political rivals who have been locked in a 17-month power struggle for control of the government. But there was a risk the escalation could degenerate into a wider and deadlier sectarian conflict. The political crisis exploded into violence on Wednesday when supporters of the Hezbollah-led opposition blocked roads in the capital to enforce a strike called by labour unions protesting the government's economic policies and demanding pay raises. The strike quickly escalated into street confrontations between supporters of the rival camps. About a dozen people were injured, mostly by stones, but no deaths were reported. On Thursday, the violence spread outside the capital. Sunnis and Shiites exchanged gunfire in the village of Saadnayel in the eastern Bekaa Valley. Four people were injured, said security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with military regulations. In Beirut, residents awoke on Thursday to a new reality of fresh demarcation lines, burning tires and roadblocks with sombre echoes of the nation's 1975-1990 civil war. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...