Word: franjieh
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gemayel made his reputation for ruthlessness by the way he imposed his leadership over the diverse Christian militia groups during and after the 1975-76 civil war. In June 1978, Gemayel's forces lashed out brutally against former President the Suleiman Franjieh, who was one of his chief political opponents among the Christian population. In a lightning raid on the Franjieh summer resort village of Ehden, Phalangist soldiers murdered the ex-President's son and political heir Tony, along with his wife and two-year-old daughter. Gemayel coldly dismissed the episode as a "social revolt against feudalism...
...some observers, the militia leaders appear to have the morals of Mafia dons. The Phalangists' sneak attack was reminiscent of a raid they made in June 1978 on still another Christian faction, the one led by former Lebanese President Suleiman Franjieh. In that attack, Franjieh's eldest son Tony, as well as Tony's wife and infant daughter, was slain by Phalangist gunmen. In their assault on the National Liberals last week, the Phalangists seized and burned the home of Dany Chamoun, the son of the party leader and the commander of the group's militia...
...titular leadership of the new coalition in return for his cooperation. Dany Chamoun accused the Phalangists of "treachery" and of committing "atrocities." His father said nothing, apparently hoping to protect his followers. Already about 300 members of his defeated militia had taken refuge in areas controlled either by Franjieh or by their old enemies, the leftist Muslim forces...