NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops pounded suspected positions of al Qaeda-inspired militants to dislodge them from their hideouts at a Palestinian refugee camp on Saturday but the group vowed it would not surrender.
"There is no way we will give up our weapons because it is our pride. We cannot even contemplate surrendering," Abu Salim Taha, spokesman for the Fatah al-Islam militants, told Reuters by telephone from inside Nahr al-Bared camp in north Lebanon.
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