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Ashbal 'Lion Cubs' child soldiers in Lebanon began in spring 1969, were led by Palestinian-Arab leaders like [[Yasser Arafat]], and at the founding also by [[Ahmad Shukairy]] and [[George Habash]], initially dubbed 'baby tigers' and were active in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref> Henry J Taylor, "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=19690428&id=fkcpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EWgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=862,6891427 Arab Commando Attacks]". ''Lewiston Evening Journal,'' Apr 28, 1969, p. 3; [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/230948936/ Daily Press from Newport News], Virginia, April 28, 1969, p.11.<blockquote>Baby Tigers - The State Department finds that such leaders as Arafat, Shukairy and Habeche talk of "fighting for 20 or so years." They even have training camps for 12-year-old youths, a expanding cadre called Baby Tigers.</blockquote></ref>
Ashbal 'Lion Cubs' child soldiers in Lebanon began in spring 1969, were led by Palestinian-Arab leaders like [[Yasser Arafat]], and at the founding also by [[Ahmad Shukairy]] and [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine|George Habash]] of PFLP, initially dubbed 'baby tigers' and were active in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref> Henry J Taylor, "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=19690428&id=fkcpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EWgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=862,6891427 Arab Commando Attacks]". ''Lewiston Evening Journal,'' Apr 28, 1969, p. 3; [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/230948936/ Daily Press from Newport News], Virginia, April 28, 1969, p.11.<blockquote>Baby Tigers - The State Department finds that such leaders as Arafat, Shukairy and Habeche talk of "fighting for 20 or so years." They even have training camps for 12-year-old youths, a expanding cadre called Baby Tigers.</blockquote></ref>
It was the "youth movement" of Arafat's Fatah.<ref>Jillian Becker (2014), The PLO. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-7kvAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA187 p. 187]</ref>
It was the "youth movement" of Arafat's Fatah.<ref>Jillian Becker (2014), The PLO. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-7kvAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA187 p. 187]</ref>