Word: militiamen
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...honor of the late Premier Chou En-lai at the Monument to the Martyrs of the Revolution. By 10 in the morning nearly 100,000 people had massed on the huge cobblestoned square, in front of the Gate of Heavenly Peace. Suddenly, a scuffle broke out between demonstrators and militiamen guarding the monument; a student from Tsinghua University was badly bloodied. Some in the crowd tried to storm the Great Hall of the People on the northwest corner of the square; rallies were held on the steps and demands were made to file petitions with the party leadership. Later several...
...shattered Lebanon who could summon up such reserves of serenity. He was also, for the moment, the nation's most powerful political figure, as leader of the disparate leftist coalition known as the National Movement, whose forces until the ceasefire were locked in battle with Christian militiamen. More than any other Lebanese leader, Jumblatt was responsible for the collapse of Syrian President Hafez Assad's plan to end the civil war through a Pax Syriana. Jumblatt's reason: such a settlement would only perpetuate the sectarian bitterness dividing the nation...
...grim contrast to its publicity brochures, Beirut's 26-floor Holiday Inn last week was more a nightmare than a dream come true. The only visitors lingering in the shell-pocked, fire-scorched tower beside the Mediterranean were alternating bands of Christian militiamen trying to hold their hotel stronghold and Moslem fighters intent on blasting them out with rockets and tanks. The Christian Phalangists lost the hotel, won it back briefly, then lost it for good as Moslem riflemen stormed into the shattered lobby, fought their way up from floor to floor and savagely tossed the body...
While Lebanese army patrols and hundreds of Beirut militiamen fired off their guns to celebrate Ahdab's coup...
...army commandos had helped defend the town, even though the army is supposed to be neutral. He gave the civilians the choice of staying or leaving for Christian-held areas; they chose to leave. Except for medicine and bare necessities, they were not allowed to take anything with them. Militiamen loaded furniture, household goods, washing machines and stereo sets into a truck to be "held for safekeeping," as one of the Mourabitoun explained...