Heavy fighting in camp, soldiers, Akkar a'math

(15 Jul 2007) Nahr El-Bared 1. Nahr el-Bared camp with smoke and explosions, AUDIO: shelling 2. Camp being shelled, sending smoke and debris into the air, AUDIO: shelling 3. Lebanese army soldiers patrolling inside camp 4. Lebanese army armoured personnel carrier (APC) driving inside camp 5. Wide of APC with Red Cross sign 6. Red Cross volunteers carrying injured Lebanese soldier on stretcher 7. Wide of explosion, sending debris into the air 8. Mid of destroyed buildings with smoke rising Akkar 9. Pan of field where Katyusha rockets landed 10. Mid of exploded missile in field ground 11. Close-up of missile 12. Lebanese civilian holding part of rocket 13. Mid of rocket part 14. Civilians gathering around a missile hole, zoom to hole in ground 15. Wide of civilians in field STORYLINE: Lebanese army troops seized control of several buildings in Nahr el-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon, where al-Qaida-inspired militants had been holed up, a senior military official said on Sunday. Two soldiers were killed in Sunday's fighting. Witnesses reported that Lebanon's red and white flag had been hoisted on several destroyed buildings, showing progress by the army. Fatah Islam militants holed up in Nahr el-Bared camp, meanwhile, fired more rockets that landed in farm fields. Heavy fighting continued at Nahr el-Bared, a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, as the army pounded suspected militant hideouts with artillery shells and tank fire. The militants holed up inside the settlement, believed to be from the al-Qaida-inspired group Fatah Islam, responded with machinegun fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Security officials said at least five Katyusha rockets fired from inside camp landed in orange and grape groves in the northern Akkar region, a few kilometres (miles) north of the camp. No casualties were immediately reported, said the officials. The use of Katyusha rockets appears to be a new tactic by the militants to ease the military pressure and expand the battles outside the camp. Fatah Islam fired at least six Katyusha rockets on Saturday and 19 rockets on Friday that crashed into villages neighbouring the camp, slightly injuring two people and causing damage to property. Sunday's casualties brought to 98 the number of soldiers killed since fighting between the army and Fatah Islam militants erupted on May 20 in Nahr el-Bared, located on the outskirts of the northern port city of Tripoli. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...