Word: blida
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Equally harebrained was a scheme for a kamikaze pilot to crash a small private plane into the French President's helicopter. While circling over Algeria's Blida Airport in anticipation of De Gaulle's departure, the pilot was dismayed to see that a swarm of helicopters had taken off at once. There was no way of knowing which one De Gaulle was in (French security forces routinely used dummy planes and juggled limousines as a precaution...
...Israeli patrols were the prelude to an invasion, and weary of repeated shellings, 20,000 Lebanese streamed north, away from the border, by donkey, car and truck. Two farming villages, Kfar Chouba and Kfar Hamam, were completely deserted and soon occupied by Arab guerrillas. In nearby Khiam, Houla and Blida, men sent their women and children away and stayed on themselves to protect their homes and possessions...
...commandos pointedly: "The arm of Israel's army is very long and its blows are heavy, and those responsible for this crime will pay for it." Shortly after the bus attack, Israeli artillery on the border began to shell the Lebanese villages of Bint Jbeil, Yaroun, Aitaroun and Blida across the frontier from the site of the attack. Lebanon reported 13 civilians killed in the barrage, 32 wounded and 83 houses hit. Crowds of Lebanese took to the roads, joining refugees still homeless after the Israeli reprisal raid of two weeks ago. Their exodus may prove a wise move...