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Lebanese Claim Victory in Camp

Palestinians holding out in rubble

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(Newser) – The Lebanese government has declared "mission accomplished" in its month-long battle against al-Qaeda-spawned militants in a Palestinian refugee camp. The siege left 166 dead and destroyed much of the Nahr al-Bared camp in northern Lebanon, in some of the worst fighting the country has seen since its 15-year-long civil war.

Lebanese soldiers still have the camp surrounded, demanding the surrender of Fatah al-Islam militants along with their charismatic leader, Shaker al-Abssi, whom some claim was killed in the past weeks' clashes. "If he is dead, give us the body," the Lebanese defense minister said in a public address.

A woman from the Palestinian Nahr el-Bared refugee camp near Tripoli, gives one of her daughters a mouthful of spaghetti bolognese from a donated lunch at the Loukman School in Tripoli, Lebanon, which is a temporary home for families to escape the fighting, Thursday, June 21, 2007. Food packages to...
A woman from the Palestinian Nahr el-Bared refugee camp near Tripoli, gives one of her daughters a mouthful of spaghetti bolognese from a donated lunch at the Loukman School in Tripoli, Lebanon, which...   (Associated Press)
Lebanese Army soldiers walk past a stationary armoured vehicle beside rubble as fighting continues in the Palestinian Nahr el-Bared refugee camp near Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 19, 2007. Lebanon's army battled al-Qaida-inspired fighters in the camp in northern Lebanon on Tuesday as the troops inched toward the militants' strongholds. Officials...
Lebanese Army soldiers walk past a stationary armoured vehicle beside rubble as fighting continues in the Palestinian Nahr el-Bared refugee camp near Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 19, 2007. Lebanon's...   (Associated Press)
Smoke is seen over damaged buildings and Lebanese Army tanks during fighting in the Palestinian Nahr el-Bared refugee camp near Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 19, 2007. Lebanon's army battled al-Qaida-inspired fighters in the camp in northern Lebanon on Tuesday as the troops inched toward the militants' strongholds. Officials said two...
Smoke is seen over damaged buildings and Lebanese Army tanks during fighting in the Palestinian Nahr el-Bared refugee camp near Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 19, 2007. Lebanon's army battled al-Qaida-inspired...   (Associated Press)
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