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Deir Ashash killing (view source)
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The '''Deir Ashash killing''' occurred on 10 September 1975, the Christian village of Deir Ashash in the north of [[Lebanon]] was attacked, with the slaughter of three very elderly priests and forcing inhabitants from their homes.<ref>Mordechai Nisan (2004) "The Conscience of Lebanon: A Political Biography of Etienne Sakr (Abu-Arz)." [https://books.google.com/books?id=lkWQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA158 p. 158]</ref><ref>[https://www.tayyarcanada.org/sbb.htm Syrian Chronicals 1973-1990] TayyarCanada.org.
The '''Deir Ashash killing''' (Deir Achache killing) occurred on 10 September 1975, the Christian village of Deir Ashash in the north of [[Lebanon]] was attacked, with the slaughter of three very elderly priests and forcing inhabitants from their homes.<ref>Mordechai Nisan (2004) "The Conscience of Lebanon: A Political Biography of Etienne Sakr (Abu-Arz)." [https://books.google.com/books?id=lkWQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA158 p. 158]</ref><ref>[https://www.tayyarcanada.org/sbb.htm Syrian Chronicals 1973-1990] TayyarCanada.org.
''September 10, 1975: El Saaka Syrian forces attacked the village of Deir Ashash, in Northern Lebanon, killing three priests and causing its residents to flee.''</ref>
''September 10, 1975: El Saaka Syrian forces attacked the village of Deir Ashash, in Northern Lebanon, killing three priests and causing its residents to flee.''</ref>
On September 10, ''Al Saaka'' [[Palestinian]]-[[Syrian]] forces attacked the village of Deir Ashash and killed three priests. All residents had to flee. The next day, they attacked the village of Bait Mallat killing seven and kidnapping ten of its Christian dwellers....
On September 10, ''Al Saaka'' [[Palestinian]]-[[Syrian]] forces attacked the village of Deir Ashash and killed three priests. All residents had to flee. The next day, they attacked the village of Bait Mallat killing seven and kidnapping ten of its Christian dwellers....
Al Saaka (or al-Saika, or al-Saeqa) rumored to have been a Syrian [[Ba'athist]] tool working against the Lebanese.</blockquote></ref>
Al Saaka (or al-Saika, or al-Saeqa) rumored to have been a Syrian [[Ba'athist]] tool working against the Lebanese.</blockquote></ref>
Written in 1982:<ref>Nasr, Nicolas. Faillite syrienne au Liban, 1975-1981: 1975-1978. Lebanon: Editions Dar el-amal, 1982. [https://books.google.com/books?id=SOIKAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Achache%22 42].
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Voici quelques échantillons: Le 11, trois autres prêtres ont été égorgés et mutilés dans leurs lits à DeirAchache, caza de Zghorta: Boutros Sassine (93 ans), Antoine Thaminé (78 ans) et le frère Jean Maksoud (60 ans). Le 25 octobre , le père Jésuite Louis Dumas a été fusillé à Beyrouth, devant la Faculté française de Médecine, et traîné, cadavre, sur la chaussée. Le 30 octobre, les Palestiniens ont détruit et incendié le couvent de Naamé, près de Damour, et soumettent à la torture les prêtres qu'ils y trouvent. Le 12 décembre, trois autres prêtres sont tués à Deir-Achache.</font></blockquote></ref>
<blockquote>On the 11th, three other priests were slain and mutilated in their beds in DeirAchache, caza of Zghorta: Boutros Sassine (93 years old), Antoine Thamine (78 years old) and brother Jean Maksoud (60 years old). On October 25, the Jesuit father Louis Dumas was shot in Beirut, in front of the French Faculty of Medicine, and dragged, dead, on the road. On October 30, the Palestinians destroyed and burned the convent of Naamé, near Damour, and tortured the priests they found there. On December 12, three more priests were killed at Deir-Achache.</blockquote>
The case of Boutros Sassine:<ref>Near East/South Asia Report. United States: Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1987. p.58.</ref> He was 93 years old, blind, and confined to bed. Armed men entered his room in Deir-Achache and slashed his veins until he bled to death on 9 September 1975.</blockquote>
==See also==
==See also==