Lebanon has Fatah al Islam on the run

BBC:

Lebanon says it has "crushed" a group of Islamist fighters based in a Palestinian refugee camp after a month-long battle.

Leaders of Fatah al-Islam are on the run and military operations at the Nahr al-Bared camp are over, Defence Minister Elias Murr said.

Muslim clerics acting as mediators said Fatah al-Islam had agreed a ceasefire.

More than 150 people died, including at least 20 civilians, in Lebanon's worst violence since the 1975-90 civil war.

Mr Murr told Lebanese TV that the army had "crushed those terrorists".

He added: "What is happening now is some clean-up that the army's heroes are carrying out, and dismantling some mines."

A group of Palestinian Muslim clerics that had tried to mediate during the clashes, said Fatah al-Islam had declared a ceasefire.

One of the clerics, Sheik Mohammed Haj, told Associated Press news agency that the militants would "comply with the Lebanese army's decision to end military operations".

Troops would continue to pursue the leaders and remaining fighters of Fatah al-Islam, Mr Murr said.

He said they were believed to be hiding deep within the refugee camp among the civilian population, suggesting some clashes could still flare up inside the camp as a result.

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While it sounds like something less than a crushing, it does appear that the Islamist have been routed. They are now camouflaging themselves as civilians and hiding among civilians. It si the Islamist way of cowardice. Lebanon troops should now look for the Islamist in drag wearing women clothes.