Word: marjayoun
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...station, the Voice of Hope, financed largely by right-wing American Christians, broadcasts to a wide area in English, Arabic and even Russian. Usually wearing green fatigues and carrying a 9-mm Beretta pistol slung from his belt, Haddad operates from his heavily guarded home in the village of Marjayoun. In an interview with TIME Correspondents Marsh Clark and David Halevy last week, Haddad insisted that he was the only person who could guarantee peace in the region. Referring to himself, as he often does, in the third person, he said: "If Major Haddad and his troops leave here, there...
Israel has provided Haddad with millions of dollars' worth of military hardware for his 2,000-man militia. Haddad needs all the help he can get. P.L.O. 105-mm howitzers and mortars at Beaufort Castle regularly pound his headquarters in Marjayoun (pop. 14,000). Haddad also has to contend with an estimated 700 Palestinian guerrillas who have set up 40 outposts in the zone nominally controlled by UNIFIL, the 5,900-man U.N. observer force...
...Haddad's Christian militia shoulder insignia; one was in jeans and several sported cowboy boots. About 70% of the people who live in Free Lebanon are Shi'ite Muslims; to the area's Christian minority of 33,000, Haddad is nothing short of a hero. In Marjayoun, several young militiamen gathered around pinball machines to talk about their leader. "We are so thankful for Major Haddad's presence here," said Chaamoun Abou Kassem, 18, a Greek Orthodox Christian...
...pullout by the Israeli forces, in fact, leaves their Lebanese Christian allies measurably stronger than before the invasion. Originally centered in an area near Marjayoun, the Christians have now broadened their control of southern Lebanon from the Mediterranean to the slopes of Mount Hermon. The Israelis turned over to Major Haddad's forces 20 of the most vital positions along a 40-mile front three to five miles deep along the Israeli border. Behind them, the Israeli army will be at the ready to back up the Christians if needed...
...border area long known as "Fatahland." Israel, which has already given small arms (TIME, Aug. 2) and even tanks-38 U.S.-built Shermans and 33 captured Soviet T-54s-to the Christians, moved several steps further last week. Israeli helicopters flew ammunition to Christians attacking the town of Marjayoun and ferried out casualties to Israeli hospitals. Israeli paratroops took up crossroads positions around Marjayoun-in sight of Israel-to block off Moslem reinforcements. Israeli artillery along the border, meanwhile, provided fire support for the Christian attackers...