Word: militiaization
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...addition to Wazzan and Jumblatt, the seven-man National Salvation Committee includes: President Sarkis, a Maronite Christian; Foreign Minister Fuad Butros, a Greek Orthodox; Parliamentary Deputy Nasri al Mallouf, a Greek Catholic; Bashir Gemayel, a Maronite and leader of the combined Christian militia known as the Lebanese Forces; Nabeh Berri, a Shi'ite Muslim and leader of the Shi'ite militia known as Amal...
Haig said that the U.S. would oppose the creation of any Lebanese nation that would be a puppet of Israel. The Secretary of State also said that the Administration would not tolerate any deal that allowed the Christian Phalangist militia, acting as Jerusalem's proxies, to destroy the P.L.O. in Beirut. That, Haig said, would make unification of Lebanon impossible. As the talk went on, Haig got the feeling that Israel would accept any Lebanese government that Habib could patch together, as long as it was stable, friendly to Israel and determined to prevent the return of the P.L.O...
Then, after its rapid advances, the Israeli drive stalled. Syria rushed some 35,000 reinforcements into Lebanon. P.L.O. guerrillas, operating in and around the coastal towns of Tyre, Sidon and Damur, mounted a stubborn defense. Armed Palestinians and left-wing militia were holed up in thousands of apartments in west Beirut, vowing to resist to the death. Warned P.L.O. Spokesman Bassam Abu Sherif: "They can raid and shell Beirut until they destroy this city, but the Israelis will never enter Beirut. We will fight street to street, house to house, and we will defeat Begin in Beirut." Indeed, the P.L.O...
...this code signal was broadcast over walkie-talkie radios early last week, some 65,000 Iranian troops and militia launched the most ambitious counterattack of the 20-month border war between Iran and Iraq. The prize: the Iranian port of Khorramshahr, which the Iraqis had captured soon after crossing to the Iranian side of the Shatt al Arab at the start...
...When banners bearing the suspended union's familiar SOLIDARNOSC logo were unfurled, the crowd's cheers were interrupted by the shrill sound of police loudspeakers issuing orders to disperse. Then the militiamen charged, beating demonstrators and bystanders indiscriminately. When the protesters responded with shouts of "Gestapo!" the militia began firing flares and tear-gas canisters into the crowd. High-powered water cannons drove some demonstrators into side streets. Others, less fortunate, were knocked down or mercilessly pinned against walls and doorways...