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| Fresh fighting hits Lebanon camp | Fresh fighting hits Lebanon camp |
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| Heavy fighting has resumed between the Lebanese army and Islamic militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. | Heavy fighting has resumed between the Lebanese army and Islamic militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. |
| Heavy shelling and machine-gun fire were reported as tanks massed outside the Nahr al-Bared camp. | |
| Thick plumes of black smoke rose from the camp where Fatah al-Islam militants are locked in a 13-day stand-off. | Thick plumes of black smoke rose from the camp where Fatah al-Islam militants are locked in a 13-day stand-off. |
| Dozens have died, including civilians, although the UN estimates that about 25,000 people have now fled the camp. | Dozens have died, including civilians, although the UN estimates that about 25,000 people have now fled the camp. |
| But some of the 31,000 people the camp houses remain trapped inside. | But some of the 31,000 people the camp houses remain trapped inside. |
| Terror charges | |
| The Lebanese government has accused Fatah al-Islam of being a criminal gang masquerading behind Islam and the Palestinian cause. | |
| On Wednesday, a Lebanese military magistrate charged 20 captured members of the militant group with terrorism. | |
| The charges were related to the deaths of soldiers and civilians. If convicted, the suspects could face the death sentence. | |
| The militants say they will not surrender to what they call Zionist Americans and their loyalists. | |
| The fighting at the camp is the bloodiest internal conflict in Lebanon since the civil war ended 17 years ago. | |
| It began on 20 May after security forces raided a building in Tripoli to arrest suspects in a bank robbery. Fatah al-Islam militants then attacked army posts at the entrances to the camp. | |
| A large force of Lebanese troops hit back, bombarding the camp and storming a building on the outskirts of Tripoli. |