4 news for the 9th of every month of 1981
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with the booksJanuary 9, 1981friday
A new phase of the war started in Lebanon: the war of televisions. The 'Lebanese Forces' wanted to broadcast under the name 'Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation' and the Mourabitun seemed to be willing to give them hard time. As a result, they both emitted on the same channel and thus jammed the image.
April 9, 1981thursday
For the first time in Zahleh since the beginning of the confrontations, the Red Cross was able to evacuate 19 persons seriously injured.
May 9, 1981saturday
Both sectors in Beirut witnessed a day of terror. Blind bombardments caused 21 dead and 98 wounded. The shelling reached Jounieh, Bkerkeh, and Beit Mery.
\_this day in full the books also date it 8 May 1981 \_on this day
\_what the books add
For 8 May, a day of shelling throughout Habib's meetings, Ménargues gives the US embassy toll: 21 dead and 98 wounded.
June 9, 1981tuesday
The American envoy Philip Habib began a new round of visits in the region.
\_this day in full the books also date it 10 June 1981 \_on this day