Libnanews - 24 mai,20h07- 6 avions cargos américains sont attendus dans les 2 prochains jours à Beyrouth pour approvisionner l’armée libanaise en munitions et en matériel militaires.

May 24, 2007, 9:24 PM (GMT+02:00)

Lebanese PM vowed Thursday to eradicate terrorists in the northern Palestinian camp of Nahr al Barad. Speaking over national TV Thursday, Fouad Siniora he pledged not to attack civilians, “our Palestinian brothers.”

Earlier, the Lebanese army sank two small boats in which the Islamists were escaping the besieged camp. The new French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner was due in Beirut Thursday. Wednesday, Lebanese defense minister Elias Murr warned Fatah al-Islam radicals fighting the army in Tripoli and the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp since Sunday they must surrender or face more military action. Their reply was that they would abide by a ceasefire but not surrender and would fight if attacked. About 75 people have been killed in the battles and half of the camp’s 40,000 residents have fled.

DEBKAfile report: Palestinian groups backed by Tehran and Damascus are aiding the Islamists. Among them are gunmen of Ahmed Jibril’s radical Poplar Front for the Liberation of Palestinian-General Command and Abu Mussa’s breakaway Fatah. Both maintain headquarters in Damascus. Jibril is known to draw funds from Tehran. Their armed men could not have crossed from Syria without Damascus’ approval, thus belying Syria’s denial of direct interference in the violence which is posing an acute challenge to the Lebanese army.