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Lebanon Seeks Aid in Fighting Islamists

Minister asks foreign governments for cash as troops shell refugee camp

By Dustin Lushing, Newser Staff

Posted May 22, 2007 5:07 AM CDT

(Newser) – Lebanon's finance minister appealed to Arab and Western governments yesterday, begging for money and supplies to help fight militants in a Palestinian refugee camp. Thirty Lebanese troops, 15 members of the group Fatah al-Islam, and more than 25 civilians have been killed in two days... Read full story »

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Minister asks foreign governments for cash as troops shell refugee camp

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