Refugee Camp in Grips of Heavy Fighting
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TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) – Heavy gunfire rang out from inside a bombed out Palestinian Arab refugee camp Sunday as the Lebanese army pounded Islamic militants holed up inside during the third day of a military offensive aimed at crushing the Ak Qaeda-inspired group. Plumes of white and gray smoke rose from the Nahr el-Bared camp as the army bombarded Fatah Islam militants with heavy artillery shelling. The militants appeared to be retreating deeper inside the camp, but one of their leaders vowed the group would not surrender.
