Thousands Cheered Lebanese Troops Tuesday As They Withdrew From Battleground In North Lebanon

Thousands Cheered Lebanese Troops Tuesday

As They Withdrew From Battleground

In North Lebanon

Thousands of people cheered Lebanese troops withdrawing Tuesday from a battleground in north Lebanon where the army said it had killed at least 222 extremists during a 15-week standoff... Defence Minister Elias Murr hailed the battles that culminated Sunday at the Naher al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp as a key victory that prevented the Fatah al-Islam group from spreading throughout Lebanon... "This victory allowed us to put an end to the worst threat ever faced by the Lebanese," Murr told a press conference. "Fatah al-Islam could have spread throughout the country like cancerous cells."
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Lebanese troops withdraw after killing 222 Islamists