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[[File:Kataeeb.Dec.18.1982.about.its.killing.in.Sabra.Shatila.jpeg|thumb|Kataeeb Falangists (Dec.18.82) on its killing in Sabra Shatila]]
[[File:Kataeeb.Dec.18.1982.about.its.killing.in.Sabra.Shatila.jpeg|thumb|Kataeeb Falangists (Dec.18.82) on its killing in Sabra Shatila]]
[[File:Content (38).png|thumb|Author Brigitte Gabriel (2008) on Sabra Shatila vs other massacres]]
{{Cquote|Palestinian militiamen started the killings in 1975, long before the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacres. Beit Mellat, Deir Achache, Damour, Saadiyate and many others were peaceful cities and villages where hundreds, if not thousands, of Lebanese were killed on their own land in their own country by armed foreigners, mostly Palestinians and Syrian Muslims.<ref>Gabriel, Brigitte. Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America. United States: St. Martin's Press, 2008. [https://books.google.com/books?id=GaJU2Q30_3sC&pg=PT116].</ref>}}
[[NYT]]'s Thomas L. Friedman explains the Phalangist ''Damouri Brigade'', which carried out the ''[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-the-world-cares-about-1982-sabra-and-shatila-massacre/ Sabra and Shatila]'' killing during the 1982 Lebanon War, sought revenge not only for the assassination of Bachir Gemayel but also for what he describes as past killings of their own people by Palestinians, including those at Damour.<ref>Friedman, 1998, p. 161.</ref><ref>Friedman, ''New York Times'', Sep 20, 21, 26, 27, 1982.</ref> A strong testimony to the Christian attitude and the link to Sabra Shatila comes from Khalaf Samir's words. "The Damour Brigades of the Lebanese Forces vowed to avenge their fallen townsmen and relatives. They swore not to stop the fighting until all Palestinians were driven out of Lebanon".<ref name=ict-1036/>
[[NYT]]'s Thomas L. Friedman explains the Phalangist ''Damouri Brigade'', which carried out the ''[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-the-world-cares-about-1982-sabra-and-shatila-massacre/ Sabra and Shatila]'' killing during the 1982 Lebanon War, sought revenge not only for the assassination of Bachir Gemayel but also for what he describes as past killings of their own people by Palestinians, including those at Damour.<ref>Friedman, 1998, p. 161.</ref><ref>Friedman, ''New York Times'', Sep 20, 21, 26, 27, 1982.</ref> A strong testimony to the Christian attitude and the link to Sabra Shatila comes from Khalaf Samir's words. "The Damour Brigades of the Lebanese Forces vowed to avenge their fallen townsmen and relatives. They swore not to stop the fighting until all Palestinians were driven out of Lebanon".<ref name=ict-1036/>