Word: militiaization
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...That we stopped the pardon craze in this State, forced a few people to be hanged, and used the militia where it was necessary...
Although the final details were not settled, the cease-fire was to be enforced by a special security committee composed of members of the Lebanese Army, the Christian militias, the Shi'ite militia Amal, and the National Salvation Front, a new Syrian-backed opposition group headed by Druze Leader Walid Jumblatt, former Prime Minister Rashid Kararrti and former President Suleiman Franjieh. The committee would be assisted by foreign observers, from either France or Italy, as Gemayel prefers, or perhaps from Saudi Arabia or Yugoslavia, as some of the opposition groups advocate. After that, Saudi Arabia's King Fahd would issue...
Amin reminisces about his time as a militia leader, when he was wounded three times. But he quickly drops the subject, turning instead to the future: "Maybe we have to renew our national system to take into account our pluralism. Instead of dividing, it can unite. I am ambitious about this goal. I think that I will be able to find the right formula. This is the raison d'être of Lebanon, isn't it? To create this important laboratory for the region. How can you bring Muslims and Jews together in the Middle East...
...headquarters in Hammana, Druze Leader Jumblatt told Hillenbrand that the multinational force was "no longer keeping the peace" and should "go away." Jumblatt acknowledged that the Syrians were providing support to his militia. He vowed that there would be no cease-fire until all Lebanese Army troops and Christian militiamen had been withdrawn from the Chouf...
...following day, an artillery shell struck the French military headquarters in West Beirut, killing Lieut. Colonel Louis Sahler and his driver and wounding six other French soldiers. At about the same time, a booby-trapped car exploded elsewhere in West Beirut, near the headquarters of the leftist Muslim Murabitun militia. At least ten people were killed...