Word: gemayels
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gemayel government crumbles, the U.S. both fires and falls back...
...stake in the fighting was the survival of the government of Amin Gemayel, 42, the boyish Maronite Christian who has been President since September 1982. As Gemayel's hold on power crumbled last week, the Reagan Administration hastily changed the rules of its support for him. In a dramatic reversal, a White House spokesman announced that Ronald Reagan was ordering the phased "redeployment" of the 1,600 Marines stationed at Beirut airport to ships offshore. At the same time, the President authorized increased naval and air strikes against Syrian-controlled factions that were firing into Beirut, thereby breaking with...
...Force with U.N. peace-keeping troops, the text called upon Reagan to submit a written report within 30 days detailing his progress toward achieving a Marine pullout. Some Democrats urged a specific timetable, but the prevailing view was that to set a withdrawal date would embolden Lebanese President Amin Gemayel's foes, which in turn would prompt Republican charges that the Democrats had stymied a political reconciliation among Lebanon's factions. The absence of stipulations also made political sense for O'Neill's party: a nonbinding resolution with no deadline is likely to attract the most...
...stay here too long, we shall be perceived as occupiers against whom all will rise up." In many ways, the Israelis' dilemma parallels that of the Reagan Administration, which is convinced that it cannot pull the Marines out of Lebanon without destroying the Lebanese government of President Amin Gemayel and damaging Washington's credibility in the bargain. The Israelis actually signed an agreement with Lebanon last May, promising to withdraw their troops if Syria did the same...
Shiffer also underscores Sharon's frequent and close meetings with Bashir Gemayel, the Christian Maronite warlord who was assassinated only nine days before his scheduled inauguration as Lebanese President in September 1982. In Shiffer's account, Bashir asks Sharon if Israel would object to the Lebanese sending in bulldozers to flatten "the built-up areas," four weeks before the massacres at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps near Beirut. Sharon's reply: "This is not our business...