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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East?
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To: Cage Rattler who wrote (657)11/27/2001 9:41:27 AM
From: Scoobah  Read Replies (1) of 32591
 
TENSIONS GROW AROUND LEBANON'S EIN HILWE November 27, 2001

The Middle East Newsline reports: “The Lebanese military is quietly urging the government to launch a crackdown on the Palestinians. The military has been increasingly dismayed by Palestinian attacks on troops near Sidon. The troops are being deployed at the Ein Hilwe refugee camp outside the city.
Lebanese sources said military commanders are urging the Beirut government to launch operations against Palestinian insurgents inside Ein Hilwe. The government, controlled by Syria, has banned Lebanese military operations inside the refugee camp.

Over the weekend, a Lebanese army position near Ein Hilwe was attacked by Palestinian insurgents. Lebanese sources said a bomb was detonated about 100 meters from the position.

It was the fourth Palestinian attack on Lebanese troops near Ein Hilwe since the Sept. 11 Islamic suicide attacks in New York and Washington. The sources said two people were arrested over the weekend…”
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