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"As fighting in the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp enters its eighth week, Lebanese officials fear the emergence of global jihadists in the troubled nation".Eight weeks after the Lebanese Army began battling Al Qaeda-inspired militants in northern Lebanon and three weeks after the army declared victory, the fighting rages on. Most recently, the Fatah al-Islam militants sniped Lebanese soldiers and fired rockets at the troops and villages surrounding the embattled Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp. As daily battles continue, concerns are rising that global jihadists may be amassing in Lebanon and fortifying positions in Palestinian refugee camps throughout the country.After a sniper killed at least one soldier late Tuesday night and Fatah al-Islam militants refused to surrender, the Lebanese army escalated hostilities and began firing several artillery shells into the camp every minute.On Friday, the Islamic fighters responded by firing between six to 12 Katyusha rockets.The Associated Press reports that the militants may have launched the rocket attack in an effort to "ease the military pressure and expand the battles outside the camp."A total of nine rockets crashed into villages neighboring the refugee camp, as well as in orange and grape groves, security officials and the state-run National News Agency said.The rockets caused some damage but no casualties, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0713/p99s01-duts.html?s=mesdu
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