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<ref name=burke/>(LMM a leftist, pan-Arabist and Syrian nationalist parties and organizations active during the early years of the Lebanese Civil War, which supported the [[PLO]], some of its members evolved further on into Islamic fundamentalists).

<ref name=burke/>(LMM a leftist, pan-Arabist and Syrian nationalist parties and organizations active during the early years of the Lebanese Civil War, which supported the [[PLO]], some of its members evolved further on into Islamic fundamentalists).

Damour had one public hospital where Muslims and Christians were treated equally. The commander of the assault, '''Zuheir-Mouhsein''', was later known as "The Butcher of Damour". Assisting Mouhsein was [[Fatah]] commander Colonel '''Abu Musa'''. The siege began on January 9, 1976. According to British journalist Robert Fisk, Abu Musa actually led the attack.<ref name=ict-1036>[https://www.ict.org.il/Article/1036/PLO-Policy-towards-the-Christian-Community-during-the-Civil-War PLO Policy towards the Christian Community during the Civil War in Lebanon], ICT, May 7, 2008.</ref> Others also assert Abu Musa's major role.<ref name=braley/><ref>Andrew Gowers, ‎Tony Walker (1992). "Behind the Myth: Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Revolution." [https://books.google.com/books?id=i_UNAQAAMAAJ&q=%22abu+musa%22+%22damour%22 p. 151].

Damour had one public hospital where Muslims and Christians were treated equally. The commander of the assault, '''Zuheir-Mouhsein''', was later known as "The Butcher of Damour". Assisting Mouhsein was [[Fatah]] commander Colonel '''Abu Musa'''. The siege began on January 9, 1976. According to British journalist Robert Fisk, Abu Musa actually led the attack.<ref name=ict-1036>[https://www.ict.org.il/Article/1036/PLO-Policy-towards-the-Christian-Community-during-the-Civil-War PLO Policy towards the Christian Community during the Civil War in Lebanon], ICT, May 7, 2008.</ref> Others also assert Abu Musa's major role.<ref name=braley/><ref name=gowers>Andrew Gowers, ‎Tony Walker (1992). "Behind the Myth: Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Revolution." [https://books.google.com/books?id=i_UNAQAAMAAJ&q=%22abu+musa%22+%22damour%22 p. 151].

''It was also the stronghold of a Maronite leader, Camille Chamoun, who was a particular target of Palestinian hatred.

''It was also the stronghold of a Maronite leader, Camille Chamoun, who was a particular target of Palestinian hatred.

From mid-January 1976, columns of Fatah fighters from the southern port city of Sidon converged on Damour under the command of a former Jordanian artillery officer, Mohammed Said Musa Maragha: under his nom de guerre, Abu Musa, he would gain notoriety seven years later as one of the leaders of a bloody mutiny against Arafat's leadership.''</ref>

From mid-January 1976, columns of Fatah fighters from the southern port city of Sidon converged on Damour under the command of a former Jordanian artillery officer, Mohammed Said Musa Maragha: under his nom de guerre, Abu Musa, he would gain notoriety seven years later as one of the leaders of a bloody mutiny against Arafat's leadership.''</ref>