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Lebanon - Lebanese Troops Kill Well-known Militant during House Raid
an-Nahar (Beirut) ^ | May 24, 2007

Posted on 05/24/2007 1:36:01 AM PDT by HAL9000

Lebanese troops killed a militant from the extremist Fatah al-Islam during a house raid in the northern port city of Tripoli, police said.
They said Bilal Drakish, also known as Abu Jandal, was shot dead on Wednesday as he prepared to throw a grenade at a unit of security forces raiding an apartment in Tripoli’s northern neighborhood of Tibanneh.

Police said the security forces had been pursuing Drakish who tried to throw a hand grenade at them but was fatally shot before he could trigger it.

State-run National News Agency said two passers-by were wounded in the exchange and were taken to hospital for treatment.

The incident came a day after another Fatah al-Islam militant — wearing a suicide belt — blew himself up in an apartment in Tripoli as security forces closed in on him. No one else was killed in the event Tuesday, which was the first case of a suicide bomber directly confronting security forces in Lebanon.

On Sunday, a residential compound on the city’s Mitein Street was the scene of some of the heaviest fighting between troops and Fatah al-Islam.

Lebanese troops have been fighting members of the al-Qaida-inspired Fatah al-Islam in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared on the outskirts of Tripoli. More than 50 people have been killed in the battles.(AP-Naharnet)

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Lebanon - 13 Fatah Islam Militants Fleeing by Boat Killed, Group’s No. 2 Wounded
an-Nahar (Beirut) ^ | May 23, 2007

Posted on 05/24/2007 1:51:32 AM PDT by HAL9000

Fatah al-Islam’s No. 2 man and son-in-law of the extremist group’s leader Shaker Absi has been reportedly wounded during clashes with Lebanese troops in the northern refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared.
The daily An Nahar did not identify Absi’s relative, but said his foot was blown off in the fighting.

It said 13 other Fatah al-Islam militants were shot and killed by Lebanese army fire as they tried to flee Nahr al-Bared by boat to the southern refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh.

An Nahar said other Fatah al-Islam fighters were arrested and handed over to the intelligence bureau.

The report could not be independently verified.

An Nahar also said Lebanese troops dragged the bodies of 40 Fatah al-Islam fighters, many of them from different African nationalities.