Lebanon Threat to Storm Camp ; World News IN BRIEF

May 25, 02:01 AM

Current Headlines: TRIPOLI, LEBANON Lebanon's Prime Minister has vowed to wipe out an Islamic militant group barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp. Fouad Siniora's comments raise the prospect that the Lebanese army will either storm Nahr el-Bared camp, in what is likely to be a bloody battle, or dig in for a long siege to force the militants to surrender. The al-Qa'idainspired Fatah Islam says it will fight off any attack.

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