Clashes will 'trigger violence' around Lebanon
A senior official of a radical Palestinian faction today warned that if the Lebanese army launches an assault to wipe out an Islamic militant group barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp, it would trigger violence in other camps.
The Lebanese government has ordered the army to finish off the Fatah Islam militants who are holed up in the Nahr el-Bared camp, where 31,000 Palestinian refugees live on the outskirts of the northern port of Tripoli. At least 50 combatants have been killed since fighting erupted on Sunday.
