4 news for the 22nd of February, March
with the booksMarch 22, 1978wednesday
The first ' Blue Helmets ' arrived to the South.
\_this day in full the books also date it 23 March 1978 \_on this day
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Fisk dates the arrival in Tyre of UNIFIL's first unit, Colonel Jean Germain Salvan's French paratroopers, to 23 March. That morning, at the nearby Hassan Borro barracks, Palestinians and Lebanese officers nearly opened fire over the handover.
March 22, 1980saturday
Tanker owners suspended the delivery of fuel causing a gas shortage in Beirut. Strikers claimed the return of vehicles that had disappeared in Saida.
March 22, 1984thursday
The PSP, backed up by Amal, forced the Mourabitun out of Beirut.
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Hanf dates the Mourabitoun's final destruction and Qulaylat's exile to April 1985, when Amal and the PSP combined against them.
March 22, 1985friday
The Islamic Jihad kidnapped the French vice-consul, Marcel Fontaine, and another diplomat, Marcel Carton, in Beirut.
A new wage increase was decided, raising the minimum salary to 1475 Lebanese Pounds.
A new wage increase was decided, raising the minimum salary to 1475 Lebanese Pounds.