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Christian and Druze, united by geography, divided by hate...
...fall of Bhamdun panicked the Christian political leaders, who demanded that Gemayel do something to stem the tide of Muslim and Druze military power. In response, the Gemayel government asked that French and U.S. planes make a show of force, and so they did. In the meantime, the Lebanese government launched a propaganda campaign asserting that the Druze forces in the mountains were receiving the active military support of both Syria and the Palestine Liberation Organization. There is no question that Syria is providing arms and ammunition to the Druze, in the hope of undermining the Gemayel government...
...howitzer shells at a target in the hills. On Thursday, as the shelling continued, the Americans responded with artillery fire and with four shells from a 5-in. gun aboard the Bowen, a U.S. frigate stationed off the Lebanese coast. The naval fire was aimed at a Druze artillery base near the mountain village of Shimlan, to the southeast of the airport...
Some of the bloodiest fighting in the hills above Beirut has taken place between two neighboring villages, one Christian, one Druze. Like a Middle East version of the Hatfields and McCoys, the inhabitants of each town see their neighbors as mortal enemies, even though they live only a few hundred yards apart. TIME Correspondent Roberto Suro visited the two Aley-region villages just before the latest clashes erupted. His report...
...narrow, winding road to the Druze village of Aytat, cars are frantically waved to a stop by a crouching militiaman. He yells to his colleagues hidden in the trees that a vehicle is about to brave the 50-yard stretch exposed to Christian snipers, and they prepare to lay down covering fire if necessary. Then the militiaman shouts, "One, two, three, go!" The traveler slams the gas pedal to the floor. Sometimes the car makes it to the other side unscathed, sometimes...