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...still some fine print to be discussed. The Cabinet approved the agreement only in principle; in a terse communiqué issued after the meeting, the Israelis demanded "clarifications" on several issues. The crucial ones involved details of security arrangements in southern Lebanon and the fate of Major Saad Haddad, the former Lebanese army officer and longtime Israeli ally whose 1,000-to-2,000-man force has controlled the border area since 1978. Even some Cabinet members who voted for the accord were unhappy with the document. "It is not a good arrangement," declared Yitzhak Moda'i, Minister...
...Lebanese also compromised by agreeing to create a special brigade in the south in which Haddad's men would continue to serve. Gemayel's government concurred with the Israelis that United Nations peace-keeping forces should remain just outside the area, although they will occasionally be allowed to inspect the Palestinian refugee camps near the border. The two countries will open liaison offices in each other's capitals, a prospect that does not gladden Lebanese officials. Although the Israeli office in Beirut would not have diplomatic status, Gemayel's aides fear that other Arab countries will...
...withdrawal of foreign troops from Lebanon hinged to a large degree on a former Lebanese army major who was dishonorably discharged four years ago for desertion. The commander of a largely Christian militia in southern Lebanon, variously estimated at 1,000 to 2,000 men. Major Saad Haddad, 45, has controlled a ten-mile-wide strip along the Israeli border since 1978. He has provided a foothold in Lebanon for Israel, which has not only trained and equipped his forces but also paid him $12,000 a year to keep the territory free of Palestinian guerrillas seeking to attack Israel...
...Haddad calls the territory "Free Lebanon." To most people, however, the area is known as "Haddadland." With Israeli backing, Haddad established the border enclave to thwart deployment of United Nations peace-keeping forces and regular Lebanese army units. Last February, he announced that he was extending his control over the entire 28-mile-wide zone that Israel has said is essential to its security. This part of Lebanon has 600,000 residents, who are predominantly Shi'ite Muslims. But it also includes a substantial number of Christians, Sunni and Druze Muslims, as well as some 200,000 Palestinians...
...identity checks. The Lebanese reject that demand and instead insist that the Israelis be allowed to take part only in "joint supervisory teams," with no military or police powers whatsoever. The Israelis, moreover, want the Lebanese force along the border to be under the control of Major Saad Haddad, a renegade Lebanese army officer whose 2,000-man militia has been supported by Jerusalem for the past seven years. The Lebanese may agree to take Haddad back into their ranks, but they refuse to let him run his own operation...