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| Lebanese troops battle militants | Lebanese troops battle militants |
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| Fighting has erupted between Lebanese troops and militants at a camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. | Fighting has erupted between Lebanese troops and militants at a camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. |
| Security officials said at least seven Lebanese soldiers were killed. There were also reports of casualties among the militants and civilians. | Security officials said at least seven Lebanese soldiers were killed. There were also reports of casualties among the militants and civilians. |
| Gunfire was heard at the Nahr el-Bared camp after Palestinians with alleged links to al-Qaeda attacked army posts. | Gunfire was heard at the Nahr el-Bared camp after Palestinians with alleged links to al-Qaeda attacked army posts. |
| The military is banned from entering the camps under a 38-year-old deal. | The military is banned from entering the camps under a 38-year-old deal. |
| Some 30,000 displaced Palestinians live at the camp in Tripoli, Lebanon's second-largest city. | Some 30,000 displaced Palestinians live at the camp in Tripoli, Lebanon's second-largest city. |
| Lebanon is home to more than 350,000 Palestinian refugees who fled their homes when Israel was created in 1948. | |
| The Nahr el-Bared camp has been under scrutiny since two bus bombings in a Christian area of Beirut in February, which were blamed on Fatah Islam militants based in the camp. | |
| Military replacements | Military replacements |
| Fighting began early on Sunday after a police raid on a Tripoli house apparently being used by militants from an Islamist faction called Fatah al-Islam, which is alleged to have links with al-Qaeda. | Fighting began early on Sunday after a police raid on a Tripoli house apparently being used by militants from an Islamist faction called Fatah al-Islam, which is alleged to have links with al-Qaeda. |
| Lebanese officials also believe it has ties to Syrian intelligence. | Lebanese officials also believe it has ties to Syrian intelligence. |
| The men reportedly resisted arrest and the violence spread to neighbouring streets. | The men reportedly resisted arrest and the violence spread to neighbouring streets. |
| Militants then attacked a Lebanese military post at the gate of the camp, seizing several vehicles. | Militants then attacked a Lebanese military post at the gate of the camp, seizing several vehicles. |
| The military sent replacements, which returned fire at alleged Fatah Islam positions. | The military sent replacements, which returned fire at alleged Fatah Islam positions. |
| The BBC's Jim Muir reports from Beirut that some link the eruption in violence to moves at the UN Security Council to set up an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of the former Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri, two years ago. | The BBC's Jim Muir reports from Beirut that some link the eruption in violence to moves at the UN Security Council to set up an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of the former Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri, two years ago. |
| Syria is against the tribunal, and some Lebanese government sources have accused Damascus of trying to stir up trouble to head it off. | Syria is against the tribunal, and some Lebanese government sources have accused Damascus of trying to stir up trouble to head it off. |
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