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August 30, 1981 The Internal Security Forces destroyed the illegal constructions in Ouzaï.
August 30, 1981 Claude Cheysson, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared after his 24-hour visit to Lebanon: 'It would be criminal to question the unity of Lebanon'.
September 3, 1981 A first encounter between Syrian officials and members of the Phalange Party in Baabda under the aegis of the Arab Committee resulted in the reopening of the roads.
September 4, 1981 The French ambassador, Louis Delamare, was cowardly assassinated 100 meters away from the Résidence des Pins.
September 5, 1981 Hamid Frangieh, one of the major figures of the Lebanese independence, died. Born in Ehden in 1907, he was the first Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Lebanese Independent State, in the 1943 cabinet of Riad Solh. He was deputy of Zghorta from 1943 to 1957. He negotiated in February 1948 the monetary convention with France. It was a big loss for Lebanon.
September 11, 1981 The Museum roadway was officially reopened after several days of shilly-shallying.
September 15, 1981 The axes longing the downtown's ruins up to Berjaoui and Sodeco were on fire since 7 o'clock in the morning. Several bombs fell on residential areas.
September 17, 1981 Two explosive attacks killed 29 persons and injured 116 in Chekka and Saida. Terrorism spread its tentacles to the entire country.
September 18, 1981 The nightmare continued. A car bomb exploded in Hay Soulloum killing three persons.
September 20, 1981 A bomb inside a theatre in Mazraa killed 4 and injured 27.
September 21, 1981 A car bomb in Hamra and an attack in Tripoli proved that horror was still haunting Lebanon. It seemed that it would never end.
September 28, 1981 Terrorism continued to spread in Lebanon. A car bomb exploded at Zrariyeh in the South killing 15 persons and injuring 50 others.
October 1, 1981 The horror record was broken. A car bomb devastated half of a street in the Boustani neighborhood in Tarik Jdideh killing 83 and injuring 225. Another car scheduled to explode a little bit later in the same area was defused.
October 18, 1981 The price of fuel increased by 36% and that of oil by 57%, which lead to shortages and a general increase of all prices.
October 26, 1981 Terrorism hit once again. 20 persons were injured in a car explosion in Sin el Fil.
November 2, 1981 The Arab Strike Force launched a security operation in the West of the capital where Palestinian, Libyan and Iranian influence multiplied lately.
November 20, 1981 Habib was expected to undertake a new mission in order to prevent a new round of hostilities in Lebanon.
November 24, 1981 A Lebanese delegation attended the Fez Summit, marked by a resounding failure.
November 27, 1981 Gerard Lenorman performed his famous song La ballade des gens heureux at the Casino du Liban in front of a public that still wanted to believe in happiness.
November 30, 1981 The Arab Strike Force conducted a spectacular raid in West Beirut. Hundreds of persons were arrested and taken to a barrack for questioning.
December 5, 1981 The residential areas were again bombarded with heavy artillery.
December 7, 1981 A Sadrist commando hijacked a Libyan airplane at the Beirut International Airport. The air pirates who held 43 hostages, injured a passenger and threatened to execute him in order to have the plane refueled. The aggressors called upon Khadafi to liberate the Imam.
December 10, 1981 Terrorism stroke in Tripoli where an attack caused 12 dead and 75 injured.
December 15, 1981 A bomb attack destroyed the Iraqi embassy. 20 persons were killed including the ambassador and 100 were wounded.
December 19, 1981 The explosion of a car bomb at the Unesco killed 16 persons and injured 18.