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LEBANONFighting spreads to south of nation Islamic militants clashed with Lebanese troops at the country's biggest Palestinian refugee camp, threatening to open a southern battle front that could complicate the army's effort to defeat al-Qaida-inspired extremists in the north. Two government soldiers and a militant were killed in fighting June 4 at the Ein el-Hilweh camp in the southern city of Sidon, which began when the Jund al-Sham group attacked army outposts the previous evening. The assault was seen as an attempt by Jund al-Sham to ease military pressure on an allied Islamic group, Fatah Islam, whose guerrillas have been battered by army attacks since May 20 in the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon. The bombardment of Nahr el-Bared has angered Palestinians in some of Lebanon's 11 other refugee camps and there were fears fighting could spread.
The Japan Times Weekly: June 9, 2007 |
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