The Lebanese army on Thursday used gunships to pound terrorist
bunkers in a Palestinian refugee camp and troops advanced across
the rubble to uproot Fatah al-Islam militants, the official
National News Agency (NNA) reported.
NNA said the gunships fired a total of 12 rockets at Fatah
al-Islam bunkers as the troops advanced to uproot the remaining
militants in the refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared.
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Clashes erupted again earlier Thursday between the Lebanese army
and Fatah al-Islam militants in Nahr al-Bared.
The report quoted sources from within the Palestinian refugee
camp as saying that the army killed a number of militants and
injured at least three.
The army also found a militant hideout and control sites used by
snipers. Locations within Nahr al-Bared where the armed men were
holed up are being bombarded, the report added.
Fighting between the army and the militants began on May 20.
Sofar, 136 soldiers and dozens of Fatah al-Islam militiamen have
been killed.
The army has refused to halt its military offensive before the
militants surrender, but the gunmen have vowed to fight to the
end.
The Lebanese government lists Fatah al-Islam as a terrorist
network aimed at destabilizing Lebanon.
(Xinhua News Agency August 10, 2007)
