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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 2)
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 2)
But they have faced strong resistance and the relentless bombardments threaten to anger Palestinians in the country's other refugee camps, possibly causing violence to spread. (article 2)
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 2)
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 French-made Gazelle helicopter fired two missiles and directed machine gun fire at suspected militant hideouts on the western edge of the Noah el-Bared camp near the Mediterranean coastline, in an apparent attempt to block any sea escape route. (article 1)
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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)
- ABC News: Fighting Erupts at Second Lebanon Camp (ABCNews, 06/03/2007, 317 words)
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