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	Lebanese Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lebanese Forces (Arabic: القوات اللبنانية) are a Lebanese political party and former militia, which played a major role in the civil war which ravaged Lebanon from 1975 to 1990.
		In opposition to an alliance of Palestinian and leftist Muslim militias, the Lebanese Forces (LF) were organized in 1977 under the leadership of Bachir Gemayel, as the military counterpart to the Lebanese Front, a political coalition.
		Nader was not popular with the rank and file Lebanese Forces, however, and he was soon overthrown by a faction led by Samir Geagea and Elie Hobeika.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lebanese_Forces (1127 words)

	Lebanese Armed Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lebanese Armed Forces' primary missions include maintaining security and stability in the country, guarding the country's borders, port security, relief operations, rescue operations, fire fighting, and fighting drug smuggling.
		The equipment inventory of the Lebanese Armed Forces is approximately 85% US-made with the remaining being British, French, and Soviet-made.
		The air force recently acquired 4 brand new Robinson R44 Raven II helicopters, which are used for training purposes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_of_Lebanon (685 words)

	Lebanese Forces : About the Lebanese Forces
		The "Lebanese Forces" was created as a result of excruciating circumstances in Lebanon in late seventies when the Lebanese Christian community felt the need to defend itself against impending internal and external dangers and threats.
		The resistance forces consisted of several separate factions: the Phalangists, The National Liberal Party, Al-Tanzeem Party and the Guardians of The Cedars, who took a multi-lateral decision on August 1976 to consolidate the war efforts and to establish a unified resistance military council under the command of the late Lebanese president "Bashir Gemayel".
		Furthermore, the "Lebanese Forces Party" enjoys a strong presence and a wide area of influence on the educational level within student organizations in universities and schools and also within many labor unions representing doctors, lawyers and engineers to mention a few.
	www.lebaneseforces.com /about.asp (837 words)

	Lebanon - Lebanese Ground Forces
		The bulk of the Lebanese Armed Forces strength lies in their ground forces and it is by far the largest of the three branches of the military.
		The percentage of Lebanese and Syrian officers in the force increased gradually and by 1945 approximately 90 percent of the officers in the Troupes Spéciales du Levant were Arabs.
		Lebanese troops were unable to calm or control the situation which allowed the Syrian Army to intervene with their own military forces.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/lebanon/army.htm (947 words)

	LRL
		Lebanese Rugby League was officially formed in 1995 by the Rugby League crazy Australian-Lebanese community in Sydney Australia.
		The Lebanese team generated much of the interest in the tournament which unfortunately was played during the codes short lived split.
		The Lebanese team lived up to the expectations of the huge contingent of Lebanese supporters who travelled to watch their country.
	www.geocities.com /lebforces2001/LRL.html (471 words)

	RIC Query - Lebanon (6 November 2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The Lebanese Forces was a coalition of mainly Maronite Christian militias that together made up one of the strongest factions in Lebanon’s 15-year civil war between Christian, Muslim, and Druze militias (USDOS 1989; AI 1985).
		Separately, the Lebanese Forces was accused of killing 16 of its own members in February 1990, allegedly for refusing to fight forces loyal to General Michel Aoun, a former Lebanese army chief who led a Christian faction during the war, according to Amnesty International (AI 1991).
		The Lebanese Forces reportedly was holding at least 100 suspects at the end of 1986 in detention centers in Qarantina in East Beirut and the towns of Byblos, Amshit, Adonis, and Qattara, according to Amnesty International (AI 1987).
	uscis.gov /graphics/services/asylum/ric/documentation/LBN03002.htm (1616 words)

	Militia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Initially the CMF infantry forces formed the vast bulk of the Australian Army, along with standing artillery and engineer units.
		In addition to the CMF, the Volunteer Defence Corps, a volunteer force modeled on the British Home Guard, was formed in 1940 and had a strength of almost 100,000 men across Australia at its peak.
		Switzerland long maintained, proportionally, the second largest military force in the world, with about half the proportional amount of reserve forces of the Israeli Defence Force, a militia of some 33% of the total population.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Militia (1858 words)

	FAQ. Frequently Asked Questions , Lebanon, LGIC
		Part of the Lebanese are Arabs; 20-30% of the Lebanese in Lebanon and 10-20% of Lebanese in Diaspora are Arabs.
		It exiled the Lebanese primer and appointed a proxy regime in Lebanon.
		This was an answer to the Lebanese popular refusal to legitimize the Syrian occupation of Lebanon; 90% of the Lebanese eligible to vote boycotted a Syrian-arranged parliamentary elections that resulted in a puppet parliament in 1992.
	www.lgic.org /en/faq.php (3707 words)

	Lebanon - Lebanese Navy
		The Lebanese Naval forces suffered their greatest defeat during Lebanon’s Civil War at the hands of militia forces in 1990 when the Jounieh Naval Base was completely destroyed.
		The skills of the Lebanese Naval Forces are not incredibly diverse or necessarily advanced to the level of European countries due to their limited resources and equipment.
		The Lebanese Naval Forces are supposed to preserve the safety of Lebanese waters and provide naval support to the army their greatest day to day focus is narcotics smuggling.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/lebanon/navy.htm (467 words)

	The Lebanon War, Lebanese Civil War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Lebanese civilians in the south bore the brunt of the retaliations.
		For Lebanese Communist Party ideologue Mahdi ‘Amil, the ‘April 23 uprising’ (‘Intifada’) was a political and ideological achievement of ’historic significance’, with it, ‘Lebanon's class struggle began’ and a new political force was born ‘to break the hold of the bourgeoisie-controlled’ political system and ‘to protect the Palestinian Resistance.
		As many of the Christian forces were tied down fighting Palestinians in East Beirut the PLO and their allies launched a massive offensive against the Kura and the Christian town of Chekka north of Beirut on the 5th July 1976 and started to slaughter civilians.
	www.cedarland.org /war.html (21117 words)

	Syrian Terrorism on Lebanese
		The Syrian occupation forces appointed a Lebanese collaborator as a president who formed a pro-Syrian government in Lebanon, while the legitimate prime minister of Lebanon was sent to exile in France.
		The assassination took place nine-days before he was to take office as the Lebanese President, and before the international plan of the withdrawal of all the foreign forces from Lebanese soil was fulfilled.
		Lebanese leader Kamal Jounblat was assassinated near a Syrian checkpoint on March 16, 1977, after publicly criticizing the Syrian invasion of Lebanon.
	www.2la.org /lebanon/ee/terrorlb.htm (1791 words)

	LEBANESE FORCES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The leader of the Kata'ib Party was killed during these fighting and Bashir Gemayel became his successor At the end of august '76 Bashir Gemayel founded Forces Libanaise(Lebanese Force, FL), a coalition of the Kata'ib Party, the National Party, the Tanzim and the Guardians of the Cedar.
		After the Taef Agreement the LF was disarmed and Lebanon became a satellite state of Syria, the LF resisted this situation and was disband on March 24 1994 by a decision of the government.
		The direct result of this was the forced emigration of a large numbers of LF members to Europe, America and Australia.
	www.veteranen.info /~cedarsouthlebanon/lebforces/lf.eng.htm (458 words)

	USATODAY.com - Lebanese forces may play bigger role in war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		BEIRUT — Lebanese army soldiers in their camouflage fatigues and red berets can be seen everywhere here — at checkpoints, patrolling neighborhoods and protecting major hotels.
		Under discussion: Having the Lebanese army work with an international military force to police any cease-fire, moving Hezbollah fighters away from the border, disarming the Shiite militia and possibly integrating its fighters into the Lebanese armed forces.
		By Ben Curtis, AP Lebanese army soldiers try to put out flames from a wooden crate that was set on fire by Hezbollah supporters furious over an Israeli airstrike that killed up to 50 Lebanese, after they stormed their way into the main United Nations building in Beirut Sunday.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-08-01-lebanon-forces_x.htm (1075 words)

	Lebanese Forces - Deutschland
		He was escorted by army commandos to Beirut's Rafik Hariri International airport for carefully screened meetings with leading activists of his Lebanese Forces and then with a 350-strong selection of Lebanese politicians and dignitaries at the VIP lounge.
		Lebanese Forces parliament member George Adwan said Monday parliament was certain to vote on a parole for LF commander Samir Geagea at a legislative session of the newly elected legislature on Monday.
		Samir Geagea's Lebanese Forces participate for the first time ever on Thursday in presidential consultations for designating a prime minister as his member-of-parliament wife Sitrida led the 5 other LF legislators into the nomination meeting with President Lahoud at the Baabda Palace.
	www.lebaneseforces.de (2932 words)

	The Lebanese Culture
		Influential Lebanese writers emerged in the early 20th century and greatly influenced the Arabic language.
		In the mid-1990s Lebanese female vocalist Fairouz was among the most popular singers in the Middle East and was well known elsewhere.
		One of the most distinguished Lebanese playwrights is Georges Shehadeh, internationally renowned for his drama and poetry.
	www.lebaneseforces.org /lebanon/leb_culture.php (516 words)

	The Current Lebanese Forces Lead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Samir Geagea was born on November 25, 1952 in Ain al-Remaneh, one of the suburbs of Beirut.
		In January 1983, the Lebanese Forces command council appointed Samir Geagea, who retained his responsibilities on the northern front, concurrent of its forces in the Shuf-Aley sector of Mt. Lebanon, an area from which the Lebanese Forces were forced to retreat in September 1983.
		Since 1989, the Lebanese Forces has worked diligently with the national government and foreign friends to apply the principals of the Taef Accord intended to facilitate the restoration of national unity and the reconstruction of the political, economic, and social foundations of the country.
	www.falange.us /samir.htm (2018 words)

	Samir Geagea - Leader of the Lebanese Forces
		Samir Geagea (born October 25, 1952) is the formerly imprisoned leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF) militia.
		In 1986, Geagea became head of the Lebanese Forces after overthrowing Hobeika, who was widely accused of treachery in the Lebanese Christian sector for agreeing to a Syrian-sponsored accord (the tripartite agreement).
		The evidence used by the Lebanese authorities to convict Geagea was criticized by some as unreliable, circumstantial, and inconsistent.
	geagea.org (906 words)

	CNN.com - World - Lebanese forces to move at dawn into southern Lebanon - August 08, 2000
		He said the Lebanese security forces will not deploy along the border, saying that job is for the United Nations.
		The Lebanese deployment appears to be a token force for a region that covers 10 percent of Lebanon and has seen bloody conflict for nearly 30 years.
		Murr, the Lebanese interior minister, said Saturday there would be no armed guerrilla presence in the area after the Lebanese forces were deployed.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/meast/08/08/lebanon.israel/index.html (662 words)

	ABC News: Lebanese Forces Block U.S. Embassy Protest. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		A Lebanese security policeman looks on as riot police stand alert on the other side of barbed wire in front of the U.S. Embassy, in the hilly suburb of Aukar, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 16, 2006.
		Thousands of Lebanese troops and police mobilized in Beirut and outlying regions to block an unauthorized march on the U.S. Embassy against "American-British collusion" with Israel in a dramatic prison raid in Jericho earlier this week.
		Israel said Hamas' declared intention to release the prisoners and the withdrawal of the monitors forced it to act.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1733497 (498 words)

	Lebanon - Lebanese Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The Lebanese Forces (LF) emerged as a political power in 1976 under the leadership of Bashir Jumayyil.
		In August of that year, a joint command council was established to integrate formally the several militias, but also to achieve a higher degree of independence from the traditional political leaders, whom many of the LF rank and file regarded as too moderate.
		In 1987 the LF was one of the most important political and military actors on the Lebanese scene.
	countrystudies.us /lebanon/87.htm (402 words)

	Top 20 Encyclopedia
		Geagea was born in Ain el-Rummanah in Beirut in 1952 to parents from the Maronite town of Bsharri in the mountains of Northern Lebanon.
		In 1986, Geagea became head of the Lebanese Forces after overthrowingElie Hobeika, who was widely accused of treachery in the Lebanese Christian sector for agreeing to a Syrian-sponsored accord (the tripartite agreement).
		The evidence used by the Lebanese authorities to convict Geagea was widely viewed as unreliable, circumstantial, and inconsistent.
	encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Samir_Geagea (1037 words)

	Lebanese Forces (Lebanon) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The flag of this party is white with the a green cedar at the center —same cedar as in the national flag— and a red circle around it.
		Some interesting photos at the Lebanese Forces website: one, two, three and four.
		Date of its release: This cross has been launched by the Department of Faith in the Lebanese Forces on "Resistant Prayer day" in the Church on St Charbel, Annaya, Lebanon on April 19, 1984.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/lb}lf.html (290 words)

	Lebanese Forces: Home page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		As per every year, the Lebanese Forces Toronto do not forget...
		the March 14 Forces launched an attack on Hizbullah describing its weapons as incapable of protectin...
		Two Lebanese army explosives experts were killed and another seriously wounded Wednesday trying to d...
	www.forces-libanaises.com (1099 words)

	BBC News \| MIDDLE EAST \| Hero's welcome for Lebanese forces
		Lebanese Government troops and police have been given a rousing welcome by residents of southern Lebanon as they reoccupy territory lost to the Israelis more than 20 years ago.
		The Lebanese security forces were quickly deployed in bases which, until May, had housed Israeli troops.
		This followed violent confrontations between Israeli troops and Lebanese civilians, who were reportedly attempting to throw a firebomb over the border fence at Fatma Gate.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/872320.stm (369 words)

	Library of Congress / Federal Research Division / Country Studies / Area Handbook Series / Lebanon / Appendix B
		Known in Arabic as the Kataib, the Phalangist Party was the mainstay of the Lebanese Front and bore the brunt of the fighting for the Christian side.
		In December 1961, an SSNP armored battalion commander staged the Lebanese Army's only significant attempted coup d'état against the government, and managed to arrest a half-dozen high-ranking officers before he was stopped.
		The establishment of the LAA was announced on January 21, 1976, by Lieutenant Ahmad al Khatib, a Sunni Muslim officer in the Lebanese Armed Forces.
	memory.loc.gov /frd/cs/lebanon/lb_appnb.html (1536 words)

	Lebanese resistance forces kill two Israeli occupation soldiers
		Lebanese resistance forces on Thursday night attacked an armored Israeli vehicle which was carrying out fortification operations in the surroundings of al-Qaba position on the Lebanese borders with occupied Palestine.
		On Wednesday the Lebanese national resistance struck a strong blow against the Israeli occupation forces in the depths of the occupied territories, when one of the resistance groups planted an ambush for an Israeli on-foot patrol on the road of al-Qaba' position in Markaba district.
		Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces on Thursday shelled with heavy artillery the surroundings of al-Ghandourieh, Burj Qelyeh and Toulin towns.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/981127/1998112706.html (592 words)

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