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• Dec. 12: Lebanese soldiers stand near burning cars after a bomb exploded outside a municipal building in Baabda, an eastern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. The early morning bomb attack killed one of Lebanon's top military generals and at least three others as they drove through a Christian suburb of Beirut, putting even more pressure on the country's delicate political situation, the military and state media said.
• Dec. 12: A Lebanese security man stands near burning cars after a bomb exploded outside a municipal building in Baabda.
• Dec. 12: A Lebanese civil defense worker stands near a burning car after a bomb exploded outside a municipal building in Baabda.
• Dec. 12: A Lebanese soldier stands near burning cars after a bomb exploded outside a municipal building in Baabda, an eastern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: Burning cars are seen after a bomb exploded outside the a municipal building in Baabda, an eastern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: Lebanese soldiers and police stand near burning cars after a bomb exploded outside a municipal building in Baabda, an eastern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: Burning cars are seen after a bomb exploded outside the a municipal building in Baabda, an eastern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: Lebanese soldiers seal off the area near damaged cars after a bomb exploded outside a municipal building in Baabda, an eastern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: Red Cross workers and Lebanese soldiers stand near damaged cars after a bomb exploded outside a municipal building in Baabda, an eastern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: A Lebanese soldier inspects a section of a damaged car after a bomb exploded outside a municipal building in Baabda, an eastern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: A Lebanese soldier, right, in civilian clothes, mourns the death of Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, the head of military operations in the army command, who was killed in an explosion outside a municipal building in Baabda, an eastern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: Lebanese soldiers seal off the area near damaged cars as they inspect the scene after a bomb exploded outside a municipal building in Baabda, an eastern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, head of military operations in the army command, speaks during a news conference in Beirut's Baabda suburb, Lebanon, in this Sept. 4 file photo.
• Dec. 12: Lebanese soldiers and police seal off the area near cars after a bomb exploded in a Christian suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: Lebanese soldiers and police seal off the area after a bomb exploded in a Christian suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: Civil defense personnel work to extinguish a fire following a bomb explosion as Lebanese soldiers secure the area after a bomb exploded in a Christian suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: A man is lead away by troops for questioning, as he is detained near to the site of a bomb explosion in a Christian suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: Lebanese soldiers work at the scene of a bomb explosion, with debris strewn over the area near damaged cars after the bomb exploded in a Christian suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: Lebanese soldiers and emergency personnel work near damaged cars after a bomb exploded in a Christian suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: A Lebanese soldier stands guard near a damaged car after a bomb exploded in a Christian suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: A Lebanese soldier stands near a burning car after a bomb exploded in a Christian suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: A relative of Lebanese Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, head of military operations in the army command, mourns near his family house in the southern village of Rmeish as she holds his picture after he was killed in a bomb explosion outside a municipal building in Baabda.
• Dec. 12: Laudi Hajj, left, the wife of assassinated Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, head of military operations in the army command, mourns as she is comforted by a relative in a church in the town of Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: Kafa el-Alam, right, the mother of Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, a top Maronite Catholic in the Lebanese military command who was killed in an explosion outside the municipality building in the town of Baabda, east of Beirut, holds his picture as she mourns with other relatives at the family house in the southern village of Rmeish, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: Kafa el-Alam, the mother of Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, a top Maronite Catholic in the Lebanese military command who was killed in an explosion outside the municipality building in the town of Baabda, east of Beirut, mourns as she is surrounded by relatives at the family house in the southern village of Rmeish, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: Two Lebanese soldiers stand guard in the southern village of Rmeish, near the family home of Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj.
• Dec. 12: The sisters of Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, a top Maronite Catholic in the Lebanese military command who was killed in an explosion outside the municipality building in the town of Baabda, east of Beirut, hold his picture as they react at the family house in the southern village of Rmeish, Lebanon.
• Dec. 12: Lebanese soldiers carry the body of Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, head of military operations in the army command, after he was killed in a bomb explosion that targeted him outside a municipal building in Baabda, an eastern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.