| − | The main forces have been by brigades from the Muslim Lebanese ''al-Murabitun'' militia, the ''Palestinian Liberation Army''<ref>Some sources name the ''Palestine Liberation Army'' Ayn Jalout brigade armed by [[Egypt]] and the ''Battle of al-Qādisiyyah'' brigade from [[Iraq]]. [http://www.freelebanon.org/articles/a381.htm This page] [https://web.archive.org/web/20060114230542/http://www.freelebanon.org/articles/a381.htm this page] also mentions the Yarmouk brigade, set up by Syria.</ref> and as-Sa'iqa, as well as other members of other groups, including [[Fatah]]. Some sources also mention the ''Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine'' (PFLP), the ''Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine'' (DFLP) among the attackers. There are reports that PLO forces were additionally joined by militiamen from [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], [[Libya]],<ref name="Davis1990">{{cite book|author=Brian Lee Davis|title=Qaddafi, Terrorism, and the Origins of the U.S. Attack on Libya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQzJHVNUkt4C&pg=PA11|access-date=July 27, 2013|date=January 1, 1990|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-275-93302-9|page=11}}</ref> [[Iran]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Afghanistan]], and possibly even [[Japanese Red Army]] terrorists who were then undergoing training by the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] in Lebanon.<ref>Nisan, 2003, p. 41.</ref> | + | The main forces have been by brigades from the Muslim Lebanese ''al-Murabitun'' militia, the ''Palestinian Liberation Army''<ref>Some sources name the ''Palestine Liberation Army'' Ayn Jalout brigade armed by [[Egypt]] and the ''Battle of al-Qādisiyyah'' brigade from [[Iraq]]. [http://www.freelebanon.org/articles/a381.htm This page] [https://web.archive.org/web/20060114230542/http://www.freelebanon.org/articles/a381.htm this page] also mentions the Yarmouk brigade, set up by Syria.</ref> and as-Sa'iqa, as well as other members of other groups, including [[Fatah]]. Some sources also mention the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] (PFLP), the ''Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine'' (DFLP) among the attackers. There are reports that PLO forces were additionally joined by militiamen from [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], [[Libya]],<ref name="Davis1990">{{cite book|author=Brian Lee Davis|title=Qaddafi, Terrorism, and the Origins of the U.S. Attack on Libya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQzJHVNUkt4C&pg=PA11|access-date=July 27, 2013|date=January 1, 1990|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-275-93302-9|page=11}}</ref> [[Iran]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Afghanistan]], and possibly even [[Japanese Red Army]] terrorists who were then undergoing training by the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] in Lebanon.<ref>Nisan, 2003, p. 41.</ref> |