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June 2, 2007

Fighting Continues at Northern Lebanon Refugee Camp
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=17B15DF:A6F02AD83191E160C71259CC045B93CE9574F7DCC14957C0 At least 83 people
have died in nearly two weeks of clashes at the camp Lebanese
authorities say fighting has resumed between government troops and
Islamists entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp near the northern
city of Tripoli.

Smoke could be seen billowing Saturday in the Nahr al-Bared refugee
camp, as soldiers shelled Fatah al-Islam positions.







Lebanese army reinforces its positions around the Nahr el-Bared camp
near Tripoli, Lebanon, 01 Jun 2007On Friday, three Lebanese troops and
an unknown number of Islamic militants were killed in the fighting.

An army statement Friday demanded that the militants surrender, and
urged Palestinians not to give militants safe haven. The army accused
the Islamists of using civilians as human shields.

A VOA correspondent outside the camp, Margaret Besheer, said heavy
artillery fire rang out for several hours with little pause. The two
sides also exchanged machine gun fire.

At least 83 people have died in nearly two weeks of clashes at the
camp.

Thousands of Palestinian refugees have fled the camp, but thousands
more remain inside.

The Lebanese government this week charged 20 Fatah al-Islam militants
with being terrorists.

Lebanese judicial sources say all of those charged are in custody, and
that all could face the death penalty if convicted. At least one of
the militants charged is a Syrian.

Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP


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