Lebanese Army Shells Refugee Camp In Clash With Islamic Militants

Lebanese Army Shells Refugee Camp In Clash With Islamic Militants

Lebanese tanks shelled Islamist militants in a Palestinian refugee camp on Monday and at least nine civilians were killed, raising the death toll in two days of fighting to 66, security sources said.

Tanks battered the coastal camp of Nahr al-Bared in north Lebanon, home to some 40,000 refugees, as fighters of the al Qaeda-inspired Fatah al-Islam group fired grenades and machineguns at army posts on the perimeter, witnesses said.

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