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Preps for funeral of slain Hezbollah leader, coffin, mourning

(14 Feb 2008) 1. Wide pan of mourners 2. Mourners in queue, offering condolences 3. Mid of slain Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh's father shaking hands with mourners 4. Mid of coffin, cleric sitting by it 5. Close-up of picture of Mughniyeh 6. Mid of mourners 7. Mid of Hezbollah officials 8. Wide of mourners 9. Set up shot of Lebanese Culture Minister Tarek Mitri 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tarek Mitri, Lebanese culture minister: "The hazard of history has made it such that a large number of Lebanese would be commemorating the loss of Prime Minister Hariri while others would be mourning, a large number of Lebanese too, would be mourning one of the leaders Hezbollah. Notwithstanding the difference between those two occasions, let us hope that this will not be a divisive factor, another divisive factor, in Lebanon. We need to heal our divisions, we need to transcend what drives us apart, and I think faith in Lebanon and the commitment to the unity of this country should prevail." 11. Close-up of Lebanese flags STORYLINE Shiite Muslim supporters of Hezbollah gathered in southern Beirut on Thursday to bid farewell to its slain top commander Imad Mughniyeh. Mughniyeh, the group's former security chief and one of the world's most wanted fugitives, was killed in a car bombing in the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday night. Mughniyeh's father welcomed the mourners who prepared to bid farewell to the one-time Hezbollah security chief. Meanwhile, Hezbollah urged crowds to march behind Mughniyeh's coffin, raising tensions as thousands of Lebanese gathered elsewhere in Beirut an opposing pro-government rally on the third anniversary of former Prime Minister's Hariri's assassination. Amid fears of violence between the opposing sides, Lebanese authorities deployed thousands of troops and blocked major roads to prevent a potential clash between the opposing sides. The killing of Imad Mughniyeh was a blow to Hezbollah; many revered him as a master commander in the Islamic resistance. Mughniyeh, who was in hiding for years, was on the FBI's list of "most wanted terrorists" and also wanted in more than 40 other countries. He was the suspected mastermind of several attacks that killed hundreds of US and French soldiers in Lebanon and of high profile kidnappings of Westerners. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah - himself in hiding because of fears of assassination since the 2006 summer war with Israel - was expected to address mourners through a video broadcast over a giant screen. Hezbollah and its top ally, Iran, have accused Israel of Mughniyeh's slaying. Israel denied any involvement, but officials made no effort to conceal their approval of his death. The United States welcomed it. Mughniyeh's death from a bomb that blew up his jeep in Damascus could raise tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, as well as with the militants' allies, Syria and Iran. Some Lebanese figures close to the Shiite group called Wednesday for attacks against Israel in retaliation for Mughniyeh's death. Israel and Lebanon were at war for 34 days in the summer of 2006. Israel has since instructed embassies and Jewish institutions around the world to go on alert for fear of revenge attacks. Meanwhile, Lebanon's culture minister Tarek Mitri expressed hope that Mughniyeh's slaying would not result in internal violence. "Let us hope that this will not be a divisive factor, another divisive factor, in Lebanon," Mitri told AP Television. 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...