| | Lebanon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | In the early 1970s the PLO created a "state within a state" in southern Lebanon, and full-scale civil war broke out in April 1975, leaving the nation with no effective central government. |
 | | On one side were a number of mostly Maronite militias, the most important of which was the one linked to the Phalangist Party; its commander was Bachir Gemayel. |
 | | It is widely believed that Syria was responsible for the attack (though it denies any involvement), because of its extensive military and intelligence presence in Lebanon, as well as the public rift between Hariri and Damascus over the extension of President Lahoud's term. |
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