Word: militia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...affidavit indicated Israel was working to bring home its servicemen form Lebanon, including an airman held by the Lebanese militia Amal...
Israel indicate yesterday it was willing to discuss the swap of an Israeli airman missing in Lebanon for the release of the 400 Arab prisoner, a proposal advanced Saturday by Nabih Berri, head of the main Shiite Amal militia and Lebanon's justice minister...
...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...
Shiite and Druse militia officials in Beirut scoffed at the newspaper report...
...absolute fantasy," said one militia official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity...