The World - News from June 13, 1985
Shia Muslim forces using tanks and mortars stepped up their three-week attack on the Chatilla and Borj el Brajne Palestinian refugee camps, and scores of Palestinian guerrillas fled to the mountains. The Shia Muslims’ Amal militia and Shia units in the Lebanese army are trying to prevent the Palestine Liberation Organization from re-establishing a power base in Lebanon.
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