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June 22, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070621/wl_afp/lebanonunrest_070621201647;_ylt=Auhf_iW6jFzF1p4uAFUXfeSaOrgF

Lebanon Halts Push to Crush Militants, Keeps Up Siege

[AFP/Yahoo] Salim Yassine - The Lebanese army has halted its operations to flush out Islamist militants holed up in Nahr al-Bared for more than a month, but will continue besieging them until they surrender, Defense Minister Elias Murr said Thursday. He said "the army has destroyed all the Islamists' positions." He also said that a total of 76 soldiers had died since the battle broke out on May 20, and that another 150 had been wounded.

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