Three Islamists killed in Lebanon

Three Islamist fighters were killed as the Lebanese army repulsed an attack inside a Palestinian camp in northern Lebanon, security sources said on Wednesday. A correspondent at the scene, meanwhile, reported renewed exchanges of gunfire between the army and Fatah al-Islam fighters around Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, amid bursts of shells fired by the military.
The sources said the bodies of three militants were evacuated by civil defence workers after the attack on the army late Tuesday in Nahr al-Bared, the scene of a six-week stand-off between troops and al Qaeda-inspired extremists. "There was an infiltration attempt. The army fired back and the militants pulled back to positions deep inside the camp, as usual.