The battle between the army in the old section of the Palestinian refugee camp continues. The army today announced the arrest of 40 Fatah al- Islam militants. The Lebanese army also killed 15 militants today, as they were trying to infiltrate the army positions at the camp. The army says 300 militants have been killed or wounded since May 20, 2007.
Today about 40 bodies of killed militants were cleared by the army from the camp. According to the army, Shaker el Absi, the fugitive leader of Fatah al Islam, was spotted inside the old camp a couple of days ago. The statement did not indicate Absi's condition. He was reportedly severely wounded last week.
In a related development, Lebanon's Defense Minister Elias Murr told al Arabiyeh TV that the UNIFIL attack on Sunday was not the work of a suicide bomber, it was a car bomb which was remotely activated. |