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The '''Phalangists''' are the militia arm of the right-wing [[Maronite]] [[Kataeb Party]]<ref>http://www.socialdemocratic.org/kataeb/ (in French)</ref>. They played a major role in the fight against the [[PLO]] in the [[1978-2000 South Lebanon conflict]], and are infamous for having carried out the Tel al-Zaatar massacre<ref>p165, William Harris, Faces of Lebanon. Sects, Wars, and Global Extensions (Markus Wiener Publishers, Princeton, USA 1996)</ref>, in which a refugee camp was destroyed, and 3,000 [[Palestine|Palestinians]] were killed.
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The '''Kataeb Social Democratic Party''' (known in English as the '''Phalange''') is a right-wing [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] political party, mainly supported by the Maronite Christians. They played a major role in the fight against the [[PLO]] in the [[1978-2000 South Lebanon conflict]].
  
 
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Revision as of 17:12, June 8, 2007

The Kataeb Social Democratic Party (known in English as the Phalange) is a right-wing Lebanese political party, mainly supported by the Maronite Christians. They played a major role in the fight against the PLO in the 1978-2000 South Lebanon conflict.

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