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January 3, 1982 sunday |
Twenty days after the resumption of the Iraqi oil pumping to the Tripoli terminal, the pipeline was dynamited. This incident seemed to be part of the Iran-Iraq war. |
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January 4, 1982 monday |
The confrontations between Amal militiamen and 'Partisans of the Communist Organization in Lebanon' caused 11 deaths and 4 injuries in West Beirut. These fights resumed on January 6 didn't end until the intervention of the Arab Strike Force. |
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January 6, 1982 wednesday |
President Elias Sarkis declared: 'The world watches the Lebanese agony with indifference.' |
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January 8, 1982 friday |
Differences grew between Amal and the National Movement headed by Walid Joumblatt. Amal accused the NM of trying to replace the State and the Arab Strike Force by putting together a unified militia and instituting 'self-security'. The NM accused Amal of obstructing the execution of the return of order in West Beirut. |
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January 12, 1982 tuesday |
During a meeting in presence of Chafic Wazzan, the Moslem conservatives rejected the ' self-security ' principle in West Beirut. |
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January 19, 1982 tuesday |
The specter of a regional war arose when two Israeli airplanes were targeted by two Sam 6 shots over the Lebanese territory. |
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January 25, 1982 monday |
The Syndicate of Fishermen in Tyr launched a symbolic 24-hour strike in protest against recurring Israeli aggressions against fishermen. |
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January 28, 1982 thursday |
The war between Amal and the National Movement was at its peak. The confrontations resumed and the tension reached Baalbeck and the Southern suburbs of Beirut. |
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February 1, 1982 monday |
The inflow of heavy Israeli weapons on the Lebanese territory continued. These weapons were installed in the borderline enclave controlled by Saad Haddad. |
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February 4, 1982 thursday |
The investigation conducted in Italy on the vanishing of the Shiite Imam Moussa Sadr ended. The Italians were convinced that the Imam never left Libya. |
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February 8, 1982 monday |
Israel reiterated its threats against the South, while Lebanon continued its contacts to eliminate the dangers weighing on the Southern zone and to increase the number of UNIFL soldiers in the area. |
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February 13, 1982 satruday |
A car bomb exploded next to the Palestinian camp of Ain El Heloueh killing 6 persons and injuring 12 others. |
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February 17, 1982 wednesday |
Tension rose in North Lebanon where serious incidents were reported. Armed elements opened fire on a checkpoint of the Arab Strike Force. The combats continued for the following days, killing 18 persons and injuring 40. |
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February 23, 1982 tuesday |
Two car bombs killed 4 persons and injured 54 others in Raoucheh. |
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February 24, 1982 wednesday |
A commando of the partisans of the Imam Moussa Sadr burst into the Beirut International Airport and took control of a Boeing 707 of the Kuwait Airways that had just landed with 195 passengers on board. The negotiations led to the release of the passengers. The commando members surrendered to the Arab Strike Force. After this incident, the Kuwaiti company interrupted its flights to Beirut. |
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February 25, 1982 thursday |
1000 additional 'blue helmets' joined the UNIFL battalion. |
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February 27, 1982 satruday |
The explosion of a car bomb killed 4 persons and wounded 26 others in Ouzaï. |
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March 1, 1982 monday |
The adjournment of the meeting that the Arab Vigilance Committee was going to hold, irritated the Lebanese officials. The latter considered that the Arabs were careless about the explosive situation in Lebanon. |
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March 6, 1982 satruday |
Another car bomb exploded in Jnah killing 6 persons and injuring 17 others. |
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March 10, 1982 wednesday |
In his new mission to prevent the outbreak of war on the Lebanese-Israeli borderline, Habib gave insurances but no guarantees. At the same time, two car bombs exploded in Zouk and Maameltein. |
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March 16, 1982 tuesday |
The plot against foreign embassies continued. A large number of embassies closed their doors, while those that were still open were a regularly subjected to threats or assaults. |
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March 21, 1982 sunday |
Violent combats opposed Amal and the Iraqi Baas. |
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March 31, 1982 wednesday |
A new car bomb exploded next to the Abed clock killing 2 persons and wounding 4 others. |
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April 10, 1982 satruday |
The cease-fire in the South was fragile. Lebanon appealed to Washington, to the Security Council, and to the Arab League to stabilize the situation. |
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April 14, 1982 wednesday |
A general war was raging between Amal and the Palestinians. Meanwhile, the fights continued in the South and reached Beirut and its suburbs where 15 deaths were reported. |
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April 15, 1982 thursday |
Two employees of the French consulate were assassinated in their apartment in Beirut. |
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April 20, 1982 tuesday |
A special envoy of the quai d'Orsay arrived to Lebanon to appease the French. |
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April 21, 1982 wednesday |
Six successive raids were reported within 90 minutes against Aramoun, Naameh and Damour, putting an end to a cease-fire that lasted 9 months. This new aggression claimed the lives of 80 victims. |
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April 23, 1982 friday |
13 people died and 12 were injured as a result of 24 hours of intermittent fights in Tripoli between the Iraqi Baas and the Communist Party militiamen. |
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April 27, 1982 tuesday |
The minimum wage was raised to 925 Lebanese Pounds. |
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April 28, 1982 wednesday |
A general strike was observed by both sectors of Beirut, to protest against the assassination, on April 26, of Sheikh Ahmad Assaf, president of the Union of Islamic Associations and Institutions. |
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May 2, 1982 sunday |
The terrorists were now targeting religious instances. After the assassination of Sheikh Assaf, Father Abousleiman was killed. Two other persons were killed in a church. |
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May 9, 1982 sunday |
Israel launched several raids in Southern Lebanon. |
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May 11, 1982 tuesday |
A cease-fire was concluded in Tripoli ending violent combats that lasted 5 days and killed 55 persons and injured 200 others. |
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May 24, 1982 monday |
A ferocious explosion hit the French embassy in Clémenceau killing 9 persons and wounding 26 others. |
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May 25, 1982 tuesday |
Israelis fighters shoot two Syrian Migs over the Kesrouan. The two pilots were handed in to the Arab Strike Force. |
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May 26, 1982 wednesday |
The French Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy declared during his visit in Beirut: 'France stays but is not at war with anyone.' |
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June 4, 1982 friday |
Within an hour, the Israeli airplanes inflicted on Beirut the toughest bombing since the Fakahani attack in seven successive rounds. Sixty persons were killed and 270 injured in these air raids against the sectors of the Sports City, Sabra, Chatila, and Bourj Brajneh. |
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June 5, 1982 satruday |
The South was burning. Over 150 persons killed and 250 wounded were reported while the Israeli artillery, navy and aviation bombarded 38 towns and localities. |
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June 6, 1982 sunday |
The Israelis invaded the South along three axes. The Security Council adopted immediately a resolution requesting the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all Israeli forces up to the internationally recognized borderlines. However, this did not stop Israel from reaching Saida and Tyr. |
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June 8, 1982 tuesday |
The Israelis made a surprise breakthrough in the Upper-Chouf in Moukhtara, Barouk, Baakline, up to Ain Zhalta. The Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin sent a message to the Syrian President Hafez El Assad asking him not to intervene in the fights. |
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June 9, 1982 wednesday |
A gigantic air battle took place over the Bekaa. The Israelis were 10 kilometers away from Beirut. |
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June 10, 1982 thursday |
The Lebanese Army deployed in West Beirut. |
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June 11, 1982 friday |
207 civilians died and 647 were wounded as a result of the Israeli barbarian operations. |
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June 13, 1982 sunday |
The Israeli troops attacked Baabda where they occupied the Seraglio and the governmental hospital. |
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June 16, 1982 wednesday |
The bombings resumed on West Beirut. |
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June 18, 1982 friday |
The Beirut International Airport was also bombed. |
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June 20, 1982 sunday |
A Public Salvation Committee was constituted. It included: Bechjr Gemayel, Walid Joumblatt, Nabih Berry, Nasri Maalouf, Chafic Wazzan, and Fouad Boutros. Walid Joumblatt resigned from office a few days later. |
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June 25, 1982 friday |
A savage bombardment of Beirut caused tens of victims. Simultaneously, a violent battle was raging close to Aley. |
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June 28, 1982 monday |
The PLO accepted the idea of leaving Beirut to save the city, with, in return, an Israeli withdrawal from the surroundings of the capital. |
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July 2, 1982 friday |
In a press conference held at the Alexander hotel, the Israeli Defense Minister, Ariel Sharon, invited the Lebanese to fight against the Palestinians. |
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July 3, 1982 satruday |
While waiting for the PLO's response to the Israeli conditions, West Beirut was under a tight blockade. |
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July 4, 1982 sunday |
Without renouncing to the diplomatic option, Israel toughened the pressure on Beirut, by depriving its inhabitants of water and electricity. |
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July 5, 1982 monday |
The Israelis controlled the Beirut International Airport where violent fights opposed them to the Palestinian-Progressive Joint Forces. |
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July 6, 1982 tuesday |
The US President, Ronald Reagan, decided to send American troops to Lebanon in order to reestablish peace and evacuate the Fedayin. |
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July 9, 1982 friday |
While Beirut and its suburbs were severely bombed, Damascus refused to receive the Fedayin. |
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July 10, 1982 satruday |
Philip Habib suggested that the French troops evacuate the Fedayin. Despite the approval of this formula by Beirut, Paris, and the PLO, an obstacle subsisted: the destination country of the Palestinian fighters. |
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July 11, 1982 sunday |
It was apocalypse in Beirut! The two sectors of the capital as well as the mountain were heavily bombed during 15 hours non-stop, killing 75 persons and injuring 180 others. |
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July 19, 1982 monday |
While Beirut was still under blockade, sporadic confrontations opposed the Israelis and the Palestinians, and innocent victims continued to fall. The President of the AUB, David Dodge, was kidnapped in the middle of the campus. |
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July 24, 1982 satruday |
Bechir Gemayel announced his candidacy for the presidency of the Republic. |
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July 27, 1982 tuesday |
On the eve of the return to Beirut of the US envoy, and the opening of the conference of the Arab Committee, Israel bombed West Beirut. The Palestinian forces retorted by shelling East Beirut. 112 deaths and 232 injuries were reported so far. |
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July 29, 1982 thursday |
The PLO pledged to withdraw its troops from Beirut. |
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July 31, 1982 satruday |
Around a hundred women from West Beirut headed by the Prime Minister's wife, Whajiha Wazzan, gathered in the American University of Beirut for an open sit-in to protest against the blockade of West Beirut. |
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August 1, 1982 sunday |
The occupation of West Beirut turned into an annihilation war. Violent attacks killed 165 persons and wounded 400 others. |
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August 4, 1982 wednesday |
West Beirut was violently bombed. President Elias Sarkis addressed a protest letter to the US President Ronald Reagan. |
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August 6, 1982 friday |
The Accra building occupied by refugees collapsed during an Israeli air raid on Beirut, provoking the death of 250 persons. |
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August 17, 1982 tuesday |
Prime Minister Chafic Wazzan announced that an agreement on the evacuation of the Fedayin from Beirut had been reached. |
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August 19, 1982 thursday |
French, Italian, and American contingents were on their way to Lebanon. |
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August 21, 1982 satruday |
397 Palestinian fighters were evacuated towards Larnaca after the arrival of the French paratroopers. |
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August 23, 1982 monday |
Bechir Gemayel was elected President of the Lebanese Republic at the second round, by 57 votes against five abstentions. |
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August 26, 1982 thursday |
The Lebanese authorities claimed the withdrawal of the Fedayin from the Bekaa region and the North, while the Italian and French contingents arrived to Beirut. |
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August 29, 1982 sunday |
The Lebanese Army deployed in the central district in Beirut while the soldiers of the Arab Strike Force still positioned in Beirut, were being evacuated. |
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August 31, 1982 tuesday |
As the Arab Strike force was achieving its withdrawal from Beirut, Israeli fighters shoot a Mig 25 over Antelias. |
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September 1, 1982 wednesday |
The last Palestinian fighters left Lebanon. In 12 days, 10,876 Fedayin and 2,700 Syrian soldiers had left the Lebanese territory. |
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September 2, 1982 thursday |
The normalization continued. The Sodeco crossing way was opened to traffic. |
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September 4, 1982 satruday |
The Internal Security Forces deployed in the Southern suburbs. |
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September 7, 1982 tuesday |
According to a United Nations report, between the 6th of June 1982 and the 15th of August 1982, 6,775 persons had been killed and 30,000 others wounded. Over 80% of these victims were civilians form West Beirut. According to the same source, 2,094 seriously injured persons had been burned by phosphor bombs. |
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September 10, 1982 friday |
The Marines left Beirut after having accomplished their mission. |
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September 12, 1982 sunday |
Two bloody confrontations opposed the Army and the I.S.F on one side, and the West Beirut organizations on the other. |
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September 14, 1982 tuesday |
Bechir Gemayel was killed by a bomb set in the headquarters of the Phalange Party in Achrafieh. The explosion killed 20 persons and wounded 60 others. The Lebanese President was gone and the hope that had pervaded the hearts of the Lebanese had vanished in seconds. |
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September 15, 1982 wednesday |
Bechir Gemayel's funerals in Bickfaya united the whole country. A national mourning was announced for one week. All Lebanese parties denounced the criminal act that killed the future President of the Republic who was the advocate of a Lebanese identity and of the necessity of reaching a national understanding. |
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September 16, 1982 thursday |
The Israelis' attacks against West Beirut continued, killing 31 persons and injuring 121 others. Major damages were also reported. |
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September 17, 1982 friday |
Amine Gemayel, Camille Chamoun and Raymond Eddeh announced their candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic. |
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September 17, 1982 friday |
Jawad Boulos died. He was 82 years old. He was born on January 1, 1900 in Zghorta. This Historian and Philosopher published several books. He studied in the Antoura College before majoring in law from the French Faculty of Law in Beirut. The country lost a lawyer, a deputy, a minister, and one of its greatest historians. |
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September 18, 1982 satruday |
Hundreds of women, elderly persons, men and children were massacred in the Palestinian camps of Sabra and Chatila. This ignominious act shook the world. Some militias were accused of committing the crime. Nevertheless, as usual in Lebanon, the identity of the murderers remained unknown while the victims were all innocent persons. . |
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September 21, 1982 tuesday |
Amine Gemayel was elected President of the Lebanese Republic, while the Lebanese army took in charge the Palestinian camps. |
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September 24, 1982 friday |
The French contingent of the multinational force arrived in Beirut; the Americans and Italians were on their way too. |
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September 26, 1982 sunday |
The Army occupied the positions evacuated by the Israelis in Beirut. |
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September 29, 1982 wednesday |
The Marines disembarked in Beirut while the Israelis were achieving the evacuation of the capital. |
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October 4, 1982 monday |
An assault was perpetrated against an Israeli bus in Aley killing seven persons. |
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October 5, 1982 tuesday |
In retaliation to the Alley assault, the Israelis launched a raid on Dahr El Baydar and the Upper-Metn. |
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October 7, 1982 thursday |
Prime Minister Chafic Wazzan announced the creation of the first government to the new presidential mandate. It included: Chaffic Wazzan: Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Elie Salem: Vice-President of the Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minster of Emigrants. Roger Chikhani: Minister of Justice and Information Pierre El Khoury: Minster of Public Works, Transports, and Agriculture Ibrahim Halaoui: Minister of Economy, Trade, and Tourism Bahaeddine Bsat: Minister of Hydraulic and Electric Resources, Housing, and Cooperatives Adnan Mroueh : Minister of Health, Social Affairs, and Labor Issam Khoury: Minister of National Defense, National Education and Fine Arts Georges Frem: Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Industry and Oil Adel Hamiyeh : Minster of Finance |
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October 9, 1982 satruday |
The situation in the capital was back to its normal course of action, since the policemen were addressing citations to drivers, the campaign against squatters was intensified, and the confiscation of weapons continued. |
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October 13, 1982 wednesday |
The Israelis interfered in Kfarmatta to end the violent conflict between the Phalange Party and the SPP.. |
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October 15, 1982 friday |
The killing attempts continued against Israeli soldiers. A car bomb exploded in Bhamdoun killing 3 persons, of which two were Israeli, and injuring 10 others. |
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October 18, 1982 monday |
Amine Gemayel delivered a moving speech at the United Nations. The chief of State addressed a message to the international community calling all parties to go beyond ideologies and dogmatism and to restore peace in the Middle East. He concluded saying 'Give us peace and we will astound the world once again.' |
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October 19, 1982 tuesday |
After the triumphal welcome he received in New York and at the United Nation, President Gemayel realized some progress during his meetings with the U.S. President Ronald Reagan, towards a permanent resolution of the Lebanese crisis. |
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October 20, 1982 wednesday |
Amine Gemayel met with French President Franois Mitterand. |
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October 21, 1982 thursday |
The Chief of State visited Rome. |
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October 22, 1982 friday |
Having received and international back up to his efforts, the President of the Republic focused on boosting the negotiations to reach a comprehensive resolution of the Lebanese question. The short-term goals were: an agreement on the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon and an increase in the size of the Multinational Force, as well as an extension of its area of deployment which was currently limited to Beirut and its close surroundings. |
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November 2, 1982 tuesday |
Sister Theresa arrived in Beirut for a short visit of several days. She offered housing to 37 young Lebanese, providing them with everything they needed. |
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November 16, 1982 tuesday |
The Israelis reinforced their control in the Chouf and Aley. The leaders in the mountain called upon Amine Gemayel who seemed determined to speed the settlement of the crisis in the Druze-Christian regions. |
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November 20, 1982 satruday |
The Lebanese Forces and the Progressive Socialist Party militiamen started a merciless war in the cazas of Aley and the Chouf. |
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November 21, 1982 sunday |
In a message addressed to the nation, the chief of State declared : 'Lebanon will recover its independence by all means.' |
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December 1, 1982 wednesday |
The leader of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Joumblatt escaped a killing attempt that resulted in 3 dead and 42 injuries. |
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December 2, 1982 thursday |
A wide meeting in Baabda reached an agreement on the creation of a Lebanese strike force in charge of reestablishing order and security in Aley and the Chouf. |
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December 9, 1982 thursday |
Meanwhile, the situation deteriorated in Tripoli where violent clashes killed 18 persons and wounded 90 others. |
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December 18, 1982 satruday |
In a televised declaration, the US president Ronald Reagan reiterated that 'All the occupying forces should leave Lebanon.' |
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December 20, 1982 monday |
The situation flared up in Aley and the fights claimed another 19 victims. |
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December 28, 1982 tuesday |
Israeli-Lebanese negotiations started in Lebanon. But Israel was still sticking to its position. |
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