[New York Times] Hassan M. Fattah - Lebanese tanks and artillery pounded a Palestinian refugee camp in Tripoli for the second straight day on Monday, battling members of a radical Islamist group. Government officials said at least 60 people had been killed - 30 soldiers, 15 militants and 15 civilians. The militant group, Fatah al-Islam, which is thought to have links to al-Qaeda, fired antiaircraft guns and mortars and had night vision goggles and other sophisticated equipment. The Lebanese Army does not have such gear. Lebanese television reported that among the dead militants were men from Bangladesh, Yemen and other Arab countries. Some of the men wore explosive belts used by suicide bombers. Among those killed on Sunday was Saddam al-Hajdib, a fugitive suspect in a failed train bombing in Germany last year.
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