Word: frem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first place, had been in agreement. On the other hand, many of his own Maronite Christians, possibly including even his father Pierre, head of the Phalange Party, wanted not only to honor the treaty but to reinforce Phalangist ties with Israel. Both former President Camille Chamoun and Fady Frem, chief of staff of the Phalange-dominated Lebanese Forces militia, told Gemayel that he would lose their support if he abandoned the treaty. Though many urged him to resign, Gemayel was said to be determined to hold...
...crucial Christian-Israeli planning session, reports TIME Correspondent David Halevy, took place at noon Thursday, Sept. 16, at the Israeli command post in Beirut Port. Present was Israeli Major General Amir Drori, head of the Northern Command, and at least three other top Israeli officers. Also present was Fady Frem, the Lebanese Forces Chief of Staff. Frem was accompanied by Elias Hobeika, the Forces' intelligence chief, who had attended the Staff and Command College in Israel. He was to be the main leader of the groups that went into the camps...
...meeting with the Israelis on Sept. 16, Fady Frem said Hobeika would take his men into the Shatila camp, and both men said there would be a kasach (in Arabic, a chopping or slicing operation). General Drori ignored the evident implications of this remark and the go-ahead was given. Later Drori telephoned Sharon in Tel Aviv: "Our friends are moving into the camps. I coordinated their entrance with their top men." Replied Sharon: "Congratulations . . . The friends' operation is authorized." The Israeli Cabinet and Begin, who were getting only the information that Sharon wanted to pass on, then approved...