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Lebanese army reinforcing area around Nahr El-Bared

(25 May 2007) SHOTLIST 1. Cars passing through a Lebanese army checkpoint at Nahr el-Bared refugee camp 2. Various of Lebanese army armoured vehicle at camp 3. Various of soldiers at checkpoint 4. High shot of convoy of army vehicles on highway 5. Soldiers talking 6. Various of soldiers directing tank in Nahr el-Bared camp STORYLINE Lebanese troops entrenched their positions around the Nahr el-Bared camp on Friday but did not appear to be attempting to advance as they prepared to battle al-Qaida-inspired Islamic militants barricaded inside the Palestinian refugee camp in the country's north. Sporadic gunfire exchanges early Friday punctured the lull in the fighting as the Lebanese army continued to build up around the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp near the port city of Tripoli. The move appeared to be either a preparation to storm the camp - a maze of narrow streets and tightly packed residential buildings where hundreds of Fatah Islam militants are holed up - or a tightening of the siege to force them to surrender. Thousands of Palestinian refugees are also trapped inside. Meanwhile Washington-based SITE Institute, which monitors militant trafficking, said on Friday it had obtained a 7-minute video allegedly from a group calling itself al-Qaida in al-Sham - an Arabic name for the region of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan - warning against continued bombardment of Nahr el-Bared. If the shelling continues, "Christians in Lebanon will suffer and tourism and trade will also suffer," the obscure group said. Christians are a large minority in Lebanon. Military aid from the United States and Arab allies began arriving on Friday after Washington said it was rushing supplies to the Lebanese army. The fighting in Lebanon, which erupted on Sunday when police raided suspected Fatah Islam hideouts in Tripoli while searching for men wanted in a bank robbery, has killed some 50 combatants and many civilians so far. Thousands of Palestinian civilians - mainly women and children - have fled the camp on the outskirts of Tripoli, but thousands still remain inside. Storming the Nahr el-Bared camp could mean rough urban fighting for Lebanese troops and further death and destruction for the civilians inside. It could also spark unrest in Lebanon's 11 other Palestinian refugee camps. Palestinian factions have dissociated themselves from Fatah Islam but are angry over army bombardments that have partially destroyed Nahr el-Bared. Underscoring the danger, three bombs have exploded in the Beirut area since Sunday, killing one woman and injuring about 20. Fatah Islam has denied responsibility for the bombings. 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...