Lebanese army battles (Islamist) militants, 8 civilians dead

Yahoo News ^ | May 21,2007 | Yara Bayoumy

[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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Lebanese government ministers say Fatah al-Islam is a tool used by Syria to stir instability in an effort to derail U.N. moves to set up an international court that would try suspects in the 2005 killing of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.(from same article)

But Nancy Pelosi said they wanted Peace!

[Flintlock]

Left to themselves, Islamists do not play nice.
We should make sure they have plenty of ammo.

[paratrooper82]

Time for Nancy Pelosi and company to “cut and run” like hell from Lebanon! They are actually shooting and killing our terrorist buddy's.