Word: hasbaya
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...north, Lebanon continued to encounter trouble in its attempts to keep Arab commando organizations in check. Villagers near Israel's borders are alarmed that guerrilla raids will bring savage reprisals. In Hasbaya, demonstrators stormed the office of the Syrian Al-Saiga commando group. In nearby Nabatiya, where Al-Saiga also had an office-and therefore a potential target for the Israelis-dangerously close to a school, residents protested to the government. Beirut ordered the commandos to close their offices in both towns and to move their bases away from populated areas...