Lebanese soldiers, take up positions next to their APC armored personnel carrier during clashes with fighters from an Islamic militant group, in the north city of Tripoli, Sunday May 20, 2007. Lebanese security forces fought Islamic militants in the northern city of Tripoli and an adjacent Palestinian refugee camp early Sunday, that left 13 soldiers and 17 militants dead and wounded dozens. (AP Photo)
Dozens Killed in Lebanese Fighting
TRIPOLI, LEBANON — Lebanese troops tightened a siege of a Palestinian refugee camp Monday where a shadowy group suspected of ties to al-Qaida was holed up, pounding the camp with artillery a day after the worst eruption of violence since the end of the country's 1975-90 civil war.
Lebanese officials said one of the men killed in Sunday's fighting was a suspect in a failed German train bombing — a new sign that the camp had become a refuge for militants planning attacks outside of Lebanon. In the past, others in the camp have said they were aiming to send trained fighters into Iraq.
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