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...months ago that he would not enter the peace process until Israeli forces withdrew from Lebanon. Negotiations between the Israelis and the Lebanese have been going slowly, although there were signs of progress last week. A number of security matters remain unresolved, including the future role of Major Saad Haddad, a renegade Lebanese army officer who is Israel's best friend in Lebanon. But negotiations are moving so quickly that the two sides have scheduled four meetings for this week instead of the usual two. Israeli officials declared after the 27th round of talks that they were hopeful...
...another in the talks. Israel's main demand is for arrangements that will guarantee security along its bor der with Lebanon. It has given up a request for a permanent 750-man Israeli presence in the country, but instead wants the 1,200-man militia of Major Saad Haddad, a renegade Lebanese army officer who has acted as an Israeli surrogate in southern Lebanon, to form a special unit in the Lebanese army assigned to the border area. Israel is also asking for the right to enter Lebanon at any time to conduct searches and make arrests...
...purpose: to break the logjam in talks on withdrawing Israeli troops from Lebanon. The U.S. offered a variety of suggestions under which the security of southern Lebanon would be the responsibility of the Lebanese army and perhaps of special Lebanese units trained and equipped by the U.S. Major Saad Haddad's 1,200-man militia, which enjoys close links with the Israelis, could be integrated into this special force. As the meetings progressed, Shamir seemed to back off from a demand for Israeli-manned early-warning stations in the border area. Instead, he discussed other alternatives, including the possibility...
...arming and supporting various political factions within Lebanon. Through this selective process the Israelis are tailoring the political climate of Lebanon to suit their needs. "The Israelis have created several Shiite Moslem militias, armed the Lebanese Forces. Christian militias which has units here, promoted former Lebanese Army Major Salid Haddad, whose forces they have armed and equipped for five years, and are now attempting to form a Sunni Moslem militia here in Sidon," (Washington Post, March...
...goals by force of arms. The Israelis have said that they want a 28-mile-wide zone along the Lebanese border with Israel to be set aside as a special security area, and that they expect it to be run either by Israeli military commanders or by Major Saad Haddad, a renegade Lebanese army officer who has controlled an area of southern Lebanon since 1979 with Israeli backing. Last week the Israelis transported Haddad and many of his 1,000 or so militiamen, together with their old Sherman tanks and aging American-made armored personnel carriers, in flatbed trucks...