Word: militiaization
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...green line," which divides Christian East Beirut from the mainly Muslim western sector. According to Amal leaders, the battle began when they discovered that the army was beefing up its forces in West Beirut with a brigade dominated by the members of the Christian Phalange, a right-wing militia that the Shi'ites regard as their bitter enemy. Yet Amal's rapid response suggested that the attack had been well planned...
...fighting escalated into a vicious struggle for all of West Beirut. Amal forces were joined by Druze fighters and members of the Murabitun, a left-wing militia that was thought to have disbanded after the Israeli withdrawal from West Beirut. At 1:30 p.m. on Monday, the army declared a curfew and warned that anyone found on the streets would be "shot without warning...
...long. In a wry allusion to the West Bank of the Jordan River, which Israel has occupied since the 1967 war, southern Lebanon has come to be known to some Israelis and Lebanese as the "North Bank." Says Mohammed Ghaddar, leader of the Shi'ite Muslim Amal militia in the region: "We thought the Israelis would be here for a few weeks and then would get out. Now that they show no signs of leaving, they are losing the sympathy and understanding of the people." That is putting it mildly. Three weeks ago, after one of their military positions...
...like the Lebanese government to extend its writ to the south. But the Lebanese army, bogged down in renewed fighting in Beirut and the nearby Chouf Mountains, is not strong enough to undertake such a task. The Israelis continue to support the 1,000-man Free Lebanon Forces, the militia that was led by Major Saad Haddad until his death last month, and they hope that it will eventually be integrated into the Lebanese army. Still another possibility would be an extension of the role of the 5,600-man U.N. force that is presently deployed south of the Litani...
...bombings were almost anticlimactic. Earlier in the week, Lebanese Army units had battled Shi'ite militiamen for control of positions near the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps, on the southern rim of Beirut. Though Nabih Berri, leader of Amal, the main Shi'ite militia group, agreed to let government troops take over the sites, the Lebanese soldiers moved in with guns blazing. By the time an uneasy truce had settled over the area, officials estimated, the death toll was 50; unofficially the total was put as high...