Word: bhamdoun
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Dates: during 1976-1976
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Seesaw Battle. At dawn Tuesday, the main Syrian drive, backed by Christian rightist troops, rolled from Sofar toward the last two Palestinian-leftist strongholds east of Beirut, the once fashionable resort towns of Bhamdoun and Aley. Slipping around Bhamdoun under cover of darkness, 4,000 Syrian troops attacked from the west. They waged a seesaw battle through the streets of the town, leaving heavy casualties on both sides, and the stubborn Palestinian resistance slowly crumbled. By week's end, with Syrian tanks established in the main square and parts of the town ablaze, only a few pockets of Palestinians...
...Along the route I saw at least 200 tanks, and no doubt many more were parked beyond my vision. About a dozen miles from Beirut, I walked to a point where a phalanx of tanks lined the rim of a hill, their guns pointing down to another resort town, Bhamdoun. A Syrian officer stood atop one of the tanks, and, as we talked, machine guns mounted on the next tank began blazing away. Leftist forces still held Bhamdoun, and the Syrians were shooting at any suspicious movements to keep them off balance...
...Syrians were digging in just short of Bhamdoun, waiting for reinforcements and fresh supplies. I asked a major about their next move. "In three days," he boasted, "I will be able to drive you to Beirut...
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