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ABC News: Fighting Erupts at Second Lebanon Camp
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Lebanon's army pounded Islamic militants hiding in a bombed-out Palestinian refugee camp Sunday for the third straight day, while fighting erupted outside another camp in the south, stoking fears of widespread violence breaking out in the country. (article 3)
Fierce fighting has engulfed the outskirts of the Nahr el-Bared camp in northern Lebanon since Friday, when the Lebanese army using tanks and artillery launched an offensive to drive the Fatah Islam militants from their positions inside the settlement. (article 3)
Near the southern city of Sidon, suspected members of the militant Islamic group Jund al-Sham fired a rocket-propelled-grenade at a Lebanese army checkpoint outside a camp Sunday, wounding at least five people, security officials said on customary condition of anonymity. (article 3)
A senior Lebanese army officer said nine Lebanese troops have been killed in the fighting at the northern Nahr el-Bared camp since Friday, raising the army's death toll to 44 since the standoff there began two weeks ago. (article 3)
Three more soldiers were killed and five wounded Saturday, military officials said, leaving the army with five dead and 15 wounded since the offensive began Friday. (article 1)
A helicopter fired two missiles into Nahr al-Bared camp, backing up machine gun and cannon fire that had reportedly destroyed the militants' sniper posts. (article 4)
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camp, militants, army, fighting, bared |
Source articles
- Lebanese Army Pounds Militants' Hideout , 3 More Lebanese Soldiers Killed In Offensive Against Al Qaeda-Inspired Militants (CBS News, 06/02/2007, 747 words)
- Fighting at second Lebanon camp (BBC News, 06/03/2007, 537 words)
- ABC News: Fighting Erupts at Second Lebanon Camp (ABCNews, 06/03/2007, 317 words)
- Battle rages on Lebanon camp edge (BBC News, 06/02/2007, 134 words)
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