Word: jumblatt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Aoun's bold moves to assert his authority triggered the new fighting. In March, Aoun's 20,000-man army took on the Muslims, imposing a sea blockade of five of their illegal ports, used mainly for smuggling drugs and guns. Druse warlord Walid Jumblatt's militia and 40,000 Syrian troops responded with continuous bombardments of Christian neighborhoods. Aoun's forces hit back in kind...
...hostages. By last week there was little doubt that he had ceased to be a free agent. Nabih Berri, leader of the relatively moderate Shi'ite Amal militia, said he had learned that Waite had been arrested but not kidnaped, a distinction that offered little solace. Walid Jumblatt, head of Lebanon's Druze community, felt so chagrined by the disappearance of Waite, whom his militiamen had tried to protect, he offered himself as a hostage in exchange. Asked by a Washington Post correspondent whether he regretted accepting the task of safeguarding Waite, Jumblatt replied, "It is not a question...
...with the terrorists holding foreigners hostage. So it was all the more disturbing last week when Waite himself, who vanished Jan. 20 during his latest mission, appeared to have become a captive. While reports of Waite's kidnaping remained unconfirmed, they steadily grew more alarming. Over the weekend Walid Jumblatt, the leader of the Druze militia that has taken responsibility for Waite's safety in Lebanon, was said to have offered himself to Waite's abductors as a hostage so the envoy could go free...
...Gemayel because it would have reduced the Christian community's political power. The enraged Syrians told Gemayel, following his eleventh meeting with Syrian President Hafez Assad, "There will not be a twelfth summit." Renewed fighting immediately broke out in Lebanon, and worse was expected. Concluded Druze Leader Walid Jumblatt: "We are back to the language...
...truck convoy that transported the frightened Soviets was guarded by heavily armed Lebanese Communist and Druze militiamen. A well-informed source in Beirut said that the Soviets may have trained some Druze fighters and now have a sizable KGB station in Mukhtara, the mountain home of Druze Chieftain Walid Jumblatt...