Shelling continues as army fights with militants in refugee camp

Описание: (18 Jul 2007)
Nahr el-Bared
1. Wide of Lebanese army tank carried on truck
2. Wide of Lebanese Army armoured personnel vehicle (APC), soldier waving
3. Mid of camp, explosions and debris in sky UPSOUND explosion
4. Wide of camp and smoke plumes rising
5. Mid of shelling on camp
6. Close of camp on fire
7. Mid of shelling
8. Lebanese Army Bulldozer driving into camp
9. Mid of bulldozer
10. Lebanese Army APC driving into camp
11. Destruction in camp and Lebanese Army APC between collapsed houses, Lebanese flag seen in foreground
12. Wide of destruction and bulldozer paving way to troops
Akkar
13. Wide of fire engine car
14. Mid of siren light
15. Pan of smoke rising from rocket explosion
16. Mid of fire and smoke
Sheikh Muhammad
17. Lebanese Army funeral
18. Mid of coffin carried over heads
STORYLINE:
Lebanese troops have secured more territory inside a northern Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Wednesday during battles in which four of their soldiers were killed, a senior military official said.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorises to talk to the media, said the army was making advances in the refugee camp that has been the scene of heavy clashes with Fatah Islam militants for the past two months.
A Lebanese flag was seen floating between collapsed houses in Nahr el-Bared camp, a sign of the army advance, as soldiers planted flags along the way.
The four soldiers were killed overnight, according to the military official, raising to 107 the army's fatalities since fighting broke out nearly two months ago in the Palestinian camp near the northern port city of Tripoli.
The coffin of one of the soldiers was carried through the streets of Sheikh Muhammad, where a large crowd of mourners filled the streets.
The official also said that the military are in the "final stages of having full control" of the main road separating the new camp and the so-called "old camp" sections of Nahr el-Bared.
The term old camp refers to densely populated neighbourhoods where most of the Palestinian refugees lived and where most of remaining fighters were thought to be still barricaded.
Meanwhile, Fatah Islam fighters fired five Katyusha rockets that landed in a surrounding village, Akkar, about seven kilometres (four miles) from the camp.
Two more rockets landed near the main highway in the nearby town of Minyeh. No casualties were reported in either attack.
The conflict with Fatah Islam militants, which erupted May 20, is Lebanon's worst internal violence since the 1975-90 civil war.
At least 60 militants and more than 20 civilians have been killed in the fighting, according to the Lebanese government and UN relief officials.

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