By Elaine Donnelly
Extending sexual misconduct to combat units
Firing assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, Lebanese gunmen clashed in street battles Monday as sectarian tensions linked to the 14-month-old uprising in Syria bled across the border for a third day.
Mohammed Jaber, a 49-year-old fighter and Tripoli resident, said local fighting has been going on for decades in Tripoli, but the Syria unrest has set it off again.
"The old has become new," he said. "Once the Syrian revolution started we supported all efforts to get rid of the regime."
