Block, SkipCaptcha, Upload, Automoderated users, edit, Moderators, protect
28,048
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 42:
Line 42: − + Line 51:
Line 51: − + − +
→Background
'''Cries for a jihad (Moslem holy war) were frequent. Christians in the town of Damour were driven from their homes. An estimated 20,000 Christians died in the two-year civil war'''.</blockquote>
'''Cries for a jihad (Moslem holy war) were frequent. Christians in the town of Damour were driven from their homes. An estimated 20,000 Christians died in the two-year civil war'''.</blockquote>
Author:<ref name=braley>Braley, R. (1984). "Bad news : the foreign policy of the New York times." Chicago: Regnery Gateway.
Author on [[Arafat]]'s direct fault and how Damour massacre spiraled Lebanon into all out slaughter:<ref name=braley>Braley, R. (1984). "Bad news : the foreign policy of the New York times." Chicago: Regnery Gateway.
p. 576 [https://books.google.com/books?id=uEP-IWBAl0sC&q=%22damour%22][https://books.google.com/books?id=uEP-IWBAl0sC&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Turf%22][https://books.google.com/books?id=uEP-IWBAl0sC&q=%22maverick+faction,+as+is+the+PLO%27s+custom;+Yasser+Arafat+was+directly%22]</ref>
p. 576 [https://books.google.com/books?id=uEP-IWBAl0sC&q=%22damour%22][https://books.google.com/books?id=uEP-IWBAl0sC&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Turf%22][https://books.google.com/books?id=uEP-IWBAl0sC&q=%22maverick+faction,+as+is+the+PLO%27s+custom;+Yasser+Arafat+was+directly%22]</ref>
<blockquote>
<blockquote>
PLO ascendency provided both a pretext and a cover for Syria's moving into Lebanon, where it never had established an embassy because it considered Lebanon part of greater Syria.
PLO ascendency provided both a pretext and a cover for Syria's moving into Lebanon, where it never had established an embassy because it considered Lebanon part of greater Syria.
The first great bloodletting of Lebanon's civil war occurred in January and February 1976, when the PLO and its allies shelled and overran the Christian town of Damour, consolidating a large, contiguous bloc of PLO turf.
The '''first great bloodletting of Lebanon's civil war occurred in January and February 1976, when the PLO and its allies shelled and overran the Christian town of Damour''', consolidating a large, contiguous bloc of PLO turf.
On January 21, after the first days of the battle of Damour, Abu Musa, head of Asifa, the military branch of Fatah, said his men had killed 500 Phalange militiamen. Lebanese air force planes, the Syrian army and the PLO took part in the destruction of Damour, the dead running into thousands. The slaughter could not be blamed on a maverick faction, as is the PLO's custom; Yasser Arafat was directly responsible for Asifa , the spearhead of the attack. As Damour fell in February 1976, fighting had spread in Beirut, where the Hilton, Phoenicia and Saint Georges hotels were blown away,
On January 21, after the first days of the battle of Damour, '''Abu Musa, head of Asifa, the military branch of Fatah, said his men had killed 500''' Phalange militiamen. Lebanese air force planes, the Syrian army and the PLO took part in the destruction of Damour, '''the dead running into thousands. The slaughter could not be blamed on a maverick faction, as is the PLO's custom; Yasser Arafat was directly responsible for Asifa, the spearhead of the attack'''. As Damour fell in February 1976, fighting had spread in Beirut, where the Hilton, Phoenicia and Saint Georges hotels were blown away,
attracting more attention in the United States than Damour.
attracting more attention in the United States than Damour.
</blockquote>
</blockquote>