Lebanon army shells militants after 2 soldiers die

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Lebanon army shells militants after 2 soldiers die
Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:44AM EDT

By Nazih Siddiq

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops shelled a
Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Thursday after al Qaeda-
inspired militants killed two soldiers there, security sources said.

The army and Fatah al-Islam militants have battled at the coastal
Nahr al-Bared camp for nearly eight weeks. At least 207 people have
been killed, making it Lebanon's worst internal violence since the
1975-1990 civil war.

Security and political sources said on Wednesday the army, concerned
about being sucked into a war of attrition, had decided to mount an
all-out assault on the camp to root out the militants, who have defied
demands that they surrender.

Witnesses said the army was bombarding the camp from all sides, often
at a rate of 7 to 10 artillery shells per minute. Black smoke billowed
from inside the camp's bombed-out, smouldering buildings.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1229130120070712

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Earlier: Palestinians flee as Lebanon army set to storm camp - Reuters

[Eugene]

1. Battles rage at Lebanon camp, 4 soldiers die

Source: Reuters

Battles rage at Lebanon camp, 4 soldiers die
12 Jul 2007 10:47:14 GMT
Source: Reuters

(Recasts with four soldiers killed)

By Nazih Siddiq

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, July 12 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-inspired
militants killed four Lebanese soldiers on Thursday in fierce battles
at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, security sources
said.

They said another nine soldiers were wounded in the Nahr al-Bared
camp fighting that began in the early morning after Fatah al-Islam
snipers shot dead two soldiers, prompting Lebanese troops to
unleash barrages of artillery fire.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L12487263.htm

[Eugene]

2. (Friday) Islamists fire Katyushas in Lebanon camp battle

Source: Reuters

Islamists fire Katyushas in Lebanon camp battle
Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:13AM EDT

By Nazih Siddiq

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Islamist militants fired
Katyusha rockets at Lebanese villages on Friday in a further
escalation of their 8-week-old battle with the army at a
Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

Security sources said al Qaeda-inspired Fatah al-Islam fighters
fired about a dozen of the 107 mm rockets on several areas
around Nahr al-Bared camp in north Lebanon, causing some
material damage but no casualties.

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A soldier wounded in ferocious fighting on Thursday died of his
wounds, bringing the military's death toll for that day to seven.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1329634620070713