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An anti-Syrian member of parliament was assassinated in a car bombing in Beirut. Five others were killed and 20 wounded in the attack. Antoine Ghanem, a member of the Christian Phalange Party and part of the ruling Coalition, is the eighth prominent anti-Syrian leader assassinated since 2005.

At least 222 Fatah al Islam terrorists were killed during the 15-week battle at the Nahr al Bared Palestinian refugee camp. Two Moroccans were among the Fatah al Islam fighters killed.

Shakir al-Abssi, the leader of Fatah al Islam, was killed along with 30 of his fighters while attempting to escape the Lebanese army’s final assault on their positions in the Nahr al Bared camp on September 2. Thirty-two Fatah al Islam fighters were captured.

The military has completed the siege of the Fatah al Islam positions in the Nahr al Bared Palestinian refugee camp. Fighters were captured as they attempted to escape from the camp. Lebanese troops seized the homes of Fatah al Islam leaders Shaker al-Absi and Abu Hureira.

A soldier was killed in fighting at the Nahr al Bared Palestinian camp as the military launched helicopter assaults on Fatah al Islam positions. President Lahoud threatened to install a military government if fueding political factions cannot reach an agreement.

The army agreed to allow family members of Fatah al Islam fighters to leave the Nahred al Bared Palestinian camp to escape the fighting. Lebanon has charged 227 members of Fatah al Islam with murder and terrorism; 108 terrorists are in custody.

Lebanese helicopters struck Fatah al Islam positions in the Nahr al Bared Palestinian refugee camp. The Army estimated 70 Fatah al Islam fighters are left in the camp. Security forces arrested four members of a Fatah al Islam sleeper cell in the city of Sidon.

Lebanese troops killed Abu Hureira, the deputy commander of Fatah al Islam, during a battle last week in the Nahr Al-Bared Palestinian camp. Hureira’s sister identified the corpse. The army has seized large weapons caches in Nahr Al Bared, while a soldier was killed in combat.

Lebanese troops continue to battle Fatah al Islam in the Nahr Al Bared Palestinian refugee camp. Two Katyusha rockets were fired at a nearby power plant; one struck its target. The plant was shut down yesterday after five Katyushas struck the station.

Fatah al Islam hit a power station with Katyusha rockets, disrupting electricity supplies in the north. Four Fatah al Islam fighters and three soldiers were killed in the latest round of fighting in the Nahr al Bared Palestinian refugee camp,

The Lebanese Army seized a Fatah al Islam command bunker as 8 terrorists were killed in the latest round of fighting. A Lebanese force backed by German advisors will attempt to stem the flow of weapons smuggled from Syria.