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After what happened in Tripoli July 20, the common wisdom among security circles is that the city had better hold its breath for the next few days and that a major security-political crisis might be lurking.
On July 20, the Lebanese army announced it had arrested Salafist militant leader Hussam Abdullah al-Sabbagh on several warrants for acts of terrorism. Reactions to the announcement came quickly, as gunshots were heard around the city and clashes with army stations and checkpoints occurred in certain neighborhoods, in addition to small, limited protests that only lasted a few hours.
