June 02, 2007

Lebanese Army Pounds Fighters at Refugee Camp - washingtonpost.com

Lebanese Army Pounds Fighters at Refugee Camp - washingtonpost.com: "TRIPOLI, Lebanon, June 2 -- The Lebanese army deployed a missile-firing helicopter and soldiers carried out door-to-door searches Saturday in a second day of fighting between the military and a radical Islamic faction based in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

In images becoming familiar since a tattered cease-fire collapsed Friday, clouds of gray smoke hovered over the seaside camp, where as many as 10,000 Palestinians remain trapped. The crackle of gunfire reverberated across the verdant hills surrounding Nahr al-Bared camp, and tanks and artillery kept up a deafening barrage through the day." Read complete post here.