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Mission accomplished - Lebanon DM declares victory
2007-06-22
Lebanon's Defense Minister Elias al-Murr said on Thursday the army's military operation against al Qaeda-inspired militants was over after the military destroyed all the militants' positions. "I can tell the Lebanese that as of now the military operation in Nahr al-Bared is finished. The army mission has been accomplished. " Murr told Lebanon's LBC television in a live interview.

Lebanon bulldozers wait for orders to enter the Palestinian Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon June 21, 2007. The Lebanese army's insistence on the surrender of the leaders of a militant group holed up at a Palestinian camp is complicating efforts to mediate an end to fighting there, a Palestinian political source said on Thursday. A Lebanese security source confirmed the army wants the surrender of Fatah al-Islam leader Shaker al-Absi and his military commander known as Abu Huraira. Both were severely wounded but vowed not to surrender . The army insists that the militants are terrorists and murderers and they should be tried in court . Prime Minister Fouad Siniora promised a fair trial.
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