Prime Minister Fuad Seniora on Sunday declared victory over terrorism after the army seized the last Islamic militant stronghold in a northern Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, according to AP. «It is the greatest national victory for Lebanon over the terrorists in Nahr el-Bared,» Seniora said, hours after the Lebanese army took control of the camp in a ferocious battle that left 39 militants of Fatah Islam and three soldiers killed. Another 20 militants were captured and an unknown number has fled, with troops giving chase. «It is a great success that the Lebanese army has achieved over the terrorists, those who sought chaos, destruction and tragedies for Lebanon,» he said in a televised speech to the country. The fighting at Nahr el-Bared erupted May 20, making it the worst internal fighting since the 1975-90 civil war. A total of 158 soldiers, more than 20 civilians and dozens of militants have died in the fighting. Seniora repeated a promise to the thousands of Palestinian refugees who have fled the camp in the early days of the fighting to rebuild the area, which has been devastated by the bombardment over the last three and a half months.
