Fierce deadly fighting in Lebanon
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 10:54 am
TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Lebanese army artillery shelled a Palestinian refugee camp where a shadowy group suspected of ties to al-Qaida was holed up Monday, pounding militant hideouts for a second day in the worst eruption of violence since the end of the 1975-90 civil war.
The official death toll from Sunday’s violence climbed to near 50, but it was not known how many civilians have been killed inside the Nahr el-Bared camp on the outskirts of the northern port city of Tripoli, the scene of the heaviest fighting.
No new deaths were reported Monday outside the camp, but it was not known whether civilians or militants were killed inside the camp during heavy shelling because emergency workers and security officials have not been able to get in.
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The official death toll from Sunday’s violence climbed to near 50, but it was not known how many civilians have been killed inside the Nahr el-Bared camp on the outskirts of the northern port city of Tripoli, the scene of the heaviest fighting.
No new deaths were reported Monday outside the camp, but it was not known whether civilians or militants were killed inside the camp during heavy shelling because emergency workers and security officials have not been able to get in.
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