Word: haddadland
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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...
...Lebanon, Israeli troops had to cross a strategic ribbon of land, some 47 miles long and averaging four miles wide, along their northern border. Presiding over this L-shaped strip is Saad Haddad, 42, a renegade Lebanese army major and a Christian. He grandiosely calls it "Free Lebanon, "but "Haddadland, " as it is irreverently known to some journalists, is actually supported by Israel as a buffer against infiltration by P.L.O, terrorists. TIME Jerusalem Bureau Chief David Aikman entered Haddadlandfrom the Israeli border town ofMetulla. His report...
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