Word: gemayel
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...midweek, whether by accident or design, two rockets of unknown origin struck the presidential palace in Baabda, setting part of the building afire. Lebanese President Amin Gemayel emerged unhurt and soon afterward flew to Damascus for talks with Syrian President Hafez Assad. At Gemayel's urging, Assad agreed to try to stop the fighting in Beirut by sending Syrian troops back to those parts of Lebanon from which they were removed during the Israeli invasion...
...fighting in West Beirut, a car bomb was detonated in Christian East Beirut, killing the driver and 55 passersby, including ten children who were trapped in a blazing bus. No organization claimed responsibility for the blast, the worst in East Beirut since the one that killed President-elect Bashir Gemayel in September...
...impose a settlement of the continuing civil war in Lebanon was also in evidence last week. Under intense pressure from Damascus, the Lebanese Forces, a 6,000-strong Christian militia, replaced its commander, Samir Geagea, with Elias Hobeika. Geagea had instigated a revolt last March against President Amin Gemayel, accusing him of doing Syria's bidding. Geagea's downfall was marked by intense fighting in Beirut along the "green line" dividing the Christian and the predominantly Muslim sectors. Hobeika is the man who led the Phalangists into the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps south of Beirut in September 1982, where...
...Christian side, the standoff continued between President Amin Gemayel, who is a Maronite Christian, and the Christian officers who have seized control of the combined militias long dominated by the Gemayel family. From the beginning of the revolt two weeks ago, the rebels' anger is believed to have been directed at Gemayel for transferring his loyalty from Israel to Syria. The rebels insisted last week that they thought Gemayel was too autocratic in presuming to be both leader of the Christian community and President of Lebanon. They proposed the creation of a special council that would serve as a parliament...
...Syrians, who are pledged to support Gemayel and his government, have reinforced some of their military positions around the area controlled by the Christian insurgents. They are not eager for a battle, partly because they realize that a Syrian rescue of Gemayel could easily bring about his downfall. For the moment they are content to use pressure rather than force against the rebels in the hope that the threat to Gemayel's rule will recede...