Posted on 05/21/2007 4:49:10 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese tanks shelled Islamist militants in a Palestinian refugee camp on Monday and at least eight civilians were killed, raising the death toll in two days of fighting to 65, security sources said. Tanks pounded the coastal camp of Nahr al-Bared, home to some 40,000 refugees in north Lebanon, as fighters of the al Qaeda-inspired Fatah al-Islam group fired grenades and machineguns at army posts on the perimeter, witnesses said.
The Sunni Muslim faction, which emerged late last year, has only a few hundred fighters and scant political support in Lebanon, but appears to be well-armed, organized and motivated.
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But Nancy Pelosi said they wanted Peace!
Left to themselves, Islamists do not play nice.
We should make sure they have plenty of ammo.
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