Lebanon hit by violence

Lebanese soldiers fired guns and tear gas to push back hundreds of protesters who broke through a police cordon and tried to storm the government headquarters in Beirut. The enraged crowd came from the funeral of a top Lebanese intelligence official assassinated in a massive car bombing. (Hussein Malla, AP)

Lebanese protesters are enveloped in tear gas as they pull a barbed-wire barrier during clashes after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan who was assassinated on Friday by a car bomb. (Hussein Malla, AP)

Lebanese mourners light candles during a vigil for Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan and at least seven others who were killed in a Friday bomb attack in Beirut. The government declared a national day of mourning for the victims on Saturday, but protesters took to the streets, burning tires and setting up roadblocks around the country in a sign of the boiling anger over the massive bomb that Lebanon's prime minister linked to the civil war in neighboring Syria. (Ahmad Omar, AP)

Anti Syrian regime protesters chant slogans in Martyrs' Square for the funeral for the country's intelligence chief. (Bilal Hussein, AP)

The two sons of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, who was assassinated on Friday by a car bomb, mourn during their father's funeral procession. (Hussein Malla, AP)

A Lebanese protester throws back a tear gas canister at security forces, unseen, during clashes. (Hussein Malla, AP)

Lebanese women weep during the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan and his bodyguard Ahmad Sahyouni. (Bilal Hussein, AP)

Lebanese honor guards carry coffins wrapped with Lebanese flags of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan and his bodyguard, Ahmad Sahyouni, who were assassinated, during their funeral procession at Martyrs' Square in Beirut. Thousands of Lebanese waving the national flag packed a central square in downtown Beirut Sunday for the funeral of a top intelligence official assassinated in a car bombing that many blame on the regime in neighboring Syria. (Bilal Hussein, AP)

An anti Syrian regime protester reacts in Martyrs' Square for the funeral for the country's intelligence chief, Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan in Beirut. (Bilal Hussein, AP)

(Hussein Malla, AP)

Members of Lebanese police intelligence division units carry the flag-draped coffin of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, along with his bodyguard. (Hussein Malla, AP)

Protesters wave a Syrian revolutionary flag and a placard depicting Syrian President Bashar Assad and Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati during the funeral for Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan and his bodyguard, Ahmad Sahyouni. (Bilal Hussein, AP)

A Lebanese protester gestures to security forces during clashes after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan. (Hussein Malla, AP)

Lebanese protestes wave Syrian revolutionary flags, national flags and Islamic flags as they gather in Martyrs' Square at funeral for the country's intelligence chief. (Bilal Hussein, AP)