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Supported by Syria, the Druze violently challenge Gemayel...
...President Gemayel said during his visit to Washington (the Christian areas of Lebanon were savagely bombarded by the Syrian artillery), "the Syrians remain the real problem for us they assume the responsibility of the maintenance of all the foreign forces in Lebanon, and of an eventual partition of our country." Nasri Diab
...Gemayel had other things to worry about last week. A new Syrian-backed coalition, the National Salvation Front, threatened to split Lebanon's 4 million people far more effectively than any foreign forces could. The front's three leaders represent the major religious opponents of Gemayel's Christian Phalange. As leader of the Druze, an esoteric, secretive religious sect that emerged in the 11th century as an offshoot of Islam, Walid Jumblatt, 34, speaks for about 250,000 Lebanese. Rashid Karami, 62, who served as Prime Minister during the 1960s and still retains a power base...
...alliance hopes to administer the parts of northern and eastern Lebanon that are now under the control of the Syrian army. Gemayel responded to the new challenge by calling the opposition front a "soap bubble" and accusing the Druze chieftain of selling out to the Syrians. Franjieh, on the other hand, hinted that the front would be willing to negotiate with the government. "If the regime resorts to democracy in dealing with us, we shall do the same," he declared. "But if it resorts to nondemocratic methods, then the future is in God's hands...
...Princess Iman in tow, the couple relaxed in a villa near Cannes. To pass the time, they savored ice cream on the terrace of St.-Tropez's chic Chez Sénéquier, sunned aboard a cabin cruiser named Sinbad and supped with Lebanese President Amin Gemayel, who was also briefly on the Riviera. Well, they only looked like typical tourists...