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...were not Israeli, Syrian or Palestinian. Instead, they were from the 22,000-strong Lebanese army, which since the 1975-76 civil war has rarely dared appear in West Beirut. Last week's security sweep was the most visible indication yet that the government of newly elected President Amin Gemayel is intent upon asserting its authority over the capital...
That accident came at a time of both hope and worry as Lebanon groped for a semblance of normality in the aftermath of its repeated disasters. Only hours before the fatal explosion, Lebanese President Amin Gemayel had officially reopened the airport to commercial flights and proclaimed an end to the so-called Green Line that since the 1975-76 civil war had divided the capital into a pre dominantly Muslim West and a Christian East. At a festive Beirut ceremony, complete with Lebanese military bands playing Yankee Doodle, Gemayel called the relinking of the city "a symbol of national unity...
...such horror was the Sept. 14 assassination of President-elect Bashir Gemayel, Amin's younger brother. That atrocity had threatened to engulf Lebanon in sectarian turmoil and gave Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon an excuse to send his troops into West Beirut. Late last week Gemayel's Phalangist Party announced the arrest of a man suspected of planting the deadly bomb in its East Beirut party headquarters. He was described only as someone in contact with "foreign quarters." There were no such leads, however, in the death last week of PL.O. Chief of Staff Saad Sayel, better known...
...foreign forces withdraw from Lebanon, the question will then be whether the new government of Amin Gemayel, who was elected only two weeks ago, can effectively reconcile the Christian and Muslim communities that have been at odds since the beginning of the civil war in 1975. Unlike his brother Bashir, who was assassinated only nine days before he was supposed to take office, Amin remains an unknown quantity. Though perceived as weak and inexperienced, Amin should benefit from his record as a conciliatory figure in Lebanon's fractious political world. While Bashir attempted to impose Christian supremacy in Lebanon...
...elect only a few weeks ago for important concessions, including a peace treaty with Israel. After one meeting in which Begin repeatedly addressed Bashir, 34, as "young man," an insult in the Middle East, Bashir returned to Beirut protesting that "they won't let me have my dignity." Amin does not share his brother's fondness for Israel, and the Begin government is determined to treat him with more consideration. Officials say that they will not insist on a peace treaty, and concede that the best guarantee of security along Israel's northern border is a peaceful...