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Troops and police begin deploying in areas of recent violence

(23 Jun 2008) 1. Wide of Lebanese Army convoy driving towards clashes area in Bab el-Tabaneh in Tripoli, northern Lebanon 2. Mid of Lebanese Armoured Personnel Carrier with soldiers on top 3. Wide of people running as smoke rising from building, pull in to smoke 4. Wide of Lebanese security forces vehicles driving 5. Wide of Lebanese Army convoy 6. Mid of soldier holding gun 7. Soldiers running 8. Various of Lebanese Army deployment 9. Mid of Lebanese police 10. Lebanese Army vehicles driving in street 11. Wide of ambulance and firefighting vehicle driving on road, AUDIO: Siren 12. Lebanese security forces vehicles driving past army truck STORYLINE: Lebanese troops and policemen began deploying in the tense areas of northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Monday afternoon after heavy fighting between pro and anti-government supporters raged for a second day. The army command in northern Lebanon got rival groups in Tripoli to agree to have military and police deploy in restive areas later Monday, the state-run National News Agency said. The report said any gunmen would be subjected to fire if they were seen in the streets after 4 p.m. (1300 GMT). Shortly before the army began deploying, fighting resumed between Tripoli's factions. At 4:30 p.m. (1330 GMT), dozens of soldiers and policemen in jeeps and armoured personnel carriers fanned out close to the scene of the fighting, which then subsided. The same area had witnessed heavy fighting last month, when pro-government gunmen and militias loyal to the Hezbollah-led opposition clashed in different parts of the country. Officials said four more people had died overnight, bringing to eight the number of dead since violence broke out on Sunday in Tripoli, 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of the capital. Forty two have been wounded. The latest clashes began overnight, when Sunni Muslim government supporters from the Bab el-Tabaneh district and the Alawite opposition supporters in neighbouring Jabal Mohsen neighbourhood exchanged machinegun fire and rocket-propelled grenades, the officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to talk to the media. Fighting eased by dawn, although residents said sporadic explosions persisted, and resumed later on Monday. The violence comes as Prime Minister Fuad Saniora faced difficulties in forming a national unity Cabinet in line with an Arab-brokered deal that ended a political stalemate that had pushed Lebanon to the verge of a new civil war. It was not immediately possible to determine whether the Tripoli violence represents an isolated event or a residue of last month's clashes that preceded the deal. That violence killed 81 and wounded over 200 people, and was Lebanon's worst sectarian conflict since the 1975-90 civil war. With the May fighting, the Tripoli deaths and those killed in the eastern Bekaa valley last week, the toll now stands at 92 dead and more than 250 people wounded. 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...