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Elsewhere in Lebanon the combined Christian militias, known as the Lebanese Forces, rebelled against the country's Christian President, Amin Gemayel, raising doubts about the future of Gemayel's frail government. In response, Syrian troops and armor were seen moving on the northern fringes of the Christian enclave, and Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlas declared that his country could not "stand idly by" if Gemayel was threatened...
...soldiers. No army will fail to defend the lives of its soldiers. We are on our way out. Why the hell are they shooting at the backs of our soldiers? The cynicism was brought to an all-time high by (the anti-Israeli statements of Lebanese President) Amin Gemayel. We helped the Gemayel family, we helped the Christians unconditionally when they were in difficulty...
...rare demonstration of unity took place the next day when the city's largely Sunni Muslim population greeted Lebanon's Maronite Christian President Amin Gemayel and Prime Minister Rashid Karami. The two leaders wept as thousands shouted, "Long live Lebanon, long live Gemayel, long live the resistance!" During the demonstration Gemayel declared his support of "the honorable national resistance movement," an indication of his growing ties with Syria, whose government is trying to increase its political influence in Lebanon. Gemayel's remarks were ironic because his family had welcomed the Israeli forces into Lebanon in 1982 as a means...
...illusion of national unity vanished the next day, however, when thousands of armed Shi'ite militiamen held angry antigovernment demonstrations. The gunmen staged marches, chanted "Death to Gemayel!" and called for the establishment of an Islamic republic in Lebanon. Though the demonstrators stayed only for the day, they infuriated the local Sunni Muslims. Said one community leader: "We just got rid of the Israelis, and now we have these people...
Sharon's lawsuit was aimed at the 22nd paragraph in TIME's eight-page story. The passage described a sympathy call Sharon paid to the Gemayel family the day after Bashir's death and said that details about the visit were contained in a classified Appendix B to the report. The paragraph went on to say: "Sharon reportedly told the Gemayels that the Israeli army would be moving ; into West Beirut and that he expected the Christian forces to go into the Palestinian refugee camps. Sharon also reportedly discussed with the Gemayels the need for the Phalangists to take revenge...