A Druse man fires from his AK47 rifle during the funeral procession of Sheik Saleh Aridi, a senior member of a pro-Syrian political party who was killed late Wednesday by a bomb explosion planted under his car at Baissour village, in the Druse-populated hills east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. Up to 5,000 people attended the funeral. AP Photo logo AP Photo 14 months ago

A Druse man fires from his AK47 rifle during the funeral procession of Sheik Saleh Aridi, a senior member of a pro-Syrian political party who was killed late Wednesday by a bomb explosion planted under his car at Baissour village, in the Druse-populated hills east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. Up to 5,000 people attended the funeral.

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