So What Really Happened In The Beddawi Camp Today?

There are now two versions of the Beddawi camp violence: The official Lebanese Army version, and the “Eyewitness version”

First, with the “eyewitness” version (where is Youtube when you need it?):

A peaceful protest began within the Badawi Palestinian Refugee Camp in north Lebanon. The protestors had signs reading “Nahr el Bared is in our soul” and “Nahr el Bared, we won’t forget you.” The protestors were calling for an end to the violence. [..] The protestors did not have clubs. Nobody had clubs. We saw the whole demonstration. They weren’t carrying anything. We went from the beginning to the end of the demonstration. We saw it all, and no one was carrying clubs.”Furthermore, she continued, “the protest was never out of hand. They weren’t throwing stones. At the time the Army opened fire, women were sitting on the ground at the front, and a number of people even had their backs to the soldiers. At the time the Army opened fire, people were getting quieter and had stopped shouting, as if shouting is enough to legitimize open fire.”

Now the Army’s official version:

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Translation (mine)

Today, a group of people began a protest from the Beddawi camp and cut-off the main road using tires and barricades, demanding the return to the Naher Al Bared Camp. The armed forces tried persistently to end this movement peacefully but didn’t receive any cooperation from the protesters who tried to trespass the Military checkpoints without listening to the soldiers’ repeated warnings, or to the warning shots released after the momentum of the demonstrators, who are armed with batons and sharp instruments, became a threat to the security of the Soldiers

This is a free world and I chose to believe the Army. Why on earth would they shoot at people if they don’t feel threatened?