Six soldiers die as Army pounds Nahr al-Bared
Attempts to evacuate families of militants fail as wives refuse to leave besieged camp
By Rym Ghazal
Daily Star staff
Friday, July 13, 2007
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Six Lebanese soldiers and a civilian were killed on Thursday during exceptionally fierce fighting between the Lebanese Army and Fatah al-Islam militants in Nahr al-Bared, a day after an evacuation that reportedly cleared all remaining civilians, with the exception of the militants' families. In a marked intensification of fighting, the army appeared.
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