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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Lebanese army heavily shell Nahr Al Bared camp
2007-06-17
BEIRUT - The Lebanese army heavily shelled with artillery on Saturday positions manned by Islamist terrorists militants in the northern sector of the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr Al Bared. The heavy shelling caused clouds of smoke and flames from several fires could be seen rising over the Fatah Al Islam posts.

The heavy shelling followed an army statement on Friday in which it vowed to continue to ‘expand its seige zone, control the camp and paralyse the movements of what remains of the band of terrorists.’ The army also announced it had destroyed a big ammunition depot of Fatah Al Islam, and reiterated its demand for the Islamist terrorists militants to surrender.

Around 2,000 Palestinian refugees are believed to remain in the camp which was home to 40,000 before fighting erupted on May 20.

Four soldiers from the armyÂ’s engineering squad were killed and others wounded when a booby-trapped building which they were searching collapsed on them. A fifth died of his wounds on Saturday, bringing the toll to 143 so far, including 67 soldiers, and over 50 terrorists militants. The violence has forced thousands of people to flee the camp to the nearby refugee camp of Beddawi.

Fatah Al Islam terrorists members have vowed to stay fighting rather than surrender.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  We know what the answer is. Deal with it.
Posted by: Pappy   2007-06-17 11:27  

#3  Shelling a refugee camp. Where is World's indignation? Where's Terje "smelling thousands of corpses? Where's George shaking his finger and saying "It has to stop, immediately"?
Posted by: gromgoru    2007-06-17 03:41  

#2  Hope so. Tell these bastards they've got two choices: surrender or die. Those that surrender, flog hell out of them and throw their beaten, bleeding bodies over the Syrian border.
Posted by: Mac   2007-06-17 03:06  

#1  They were using 155mm before. I wonder if they are using it in direct fire.
Posted by: Penguin   2007-06-17 00:33  

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