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	South Lebanon Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The SLA was founded in 1976 by members of the Lebanese army based in the town of Marjayoun and Qlayaa.
		After that, SLA support for the Israelis was mainly by fighting against Lebanese resistance forces lead by Hezbollah until 2000 in the Security Zone, the area of the South kept under occupation after the partial Israeli withdrawal in 1985.
		SLA members captured by Lebanon and Hezbollah were tried as collaborators with the enemy; the bulk of those found guilty received short prison terms, while a small number convicted of serious offences against civilians were sentenced to longer terms of hard labour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Lebanon_Army (863 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: South Lebanon Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Khiam is a village located in South Lebanon governorate, near Nabatieh city It was a former French barrack complex originally built in the 1930s.
		Lebanon has made progress toward rebuilding its political institutions and regaining its national sovereignty since 1991 and the end of the devastating 16-year civil war.
		Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, originally scheduled to begin on 7 July 2000, was rushed through in May because of the Hezbollah offensive and the collapse of the SLA.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/South-Lebanon-Army (1535 words)

	South Lebanon Army - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The South Lebanon Army (SLA), also "South Lebanese Army," (Arabic: جيش لبنان الجنوبي; transliterated: Jaysh Libnan al-Janoby) was a Lebanese militia during the Lebanese Civil War and served as a proxy force for Israel during the Israeli military occupation of South Lebanon.
		The SLA was founded as an independent movement with the stated aim of protecting Lebanese civilians from the PLO.
		SLA members captured by Lebanon and Hezbollah were treated as criminals rather than as prisoners of war.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/South_Lebanon_Army (676 words)

	South Lebanon Army: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The lebanese republic or lebanon is a country in the middle east, along the mediterranean sea, bordered by syria and israel....
		Saad haddad was the founder and head of the south lebanon army (sla)....
		Antoine lahad (born 1937) was the leader of the south lebanon army (sla) from 1984 until the slas collapse in 2000, following israels withdrawal from...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/so/south_lebanon_army.htm (384 words)

	USCFL - The South Lebanon Army and Syria-Israel talks
		Since 1985, the SLA has suffered 420 killed and more than 1,300 wounded, an extremely heavy toll for the civilian population of south Lebanon that numbers less than 100,000 people (by comparison, the IDF has suffered 325 killed and 840 wounded in attacks from Lebanon during the same period).
		Though operationally the SLA is still effective, business within its ranks has not been entirely as usual ever since Barak was elected prime minister of Israel, given his public statements indicating that he intends to keep his election pledge to end Israel’s occupation of south Lebanon.
		SLA commander General Antoine Lahad has advised Israel against unilateral withdrawal from the south, warning that SLA members feeling betrayed might turn their weapons against the IDF.
	www.freelebanon.org /articles/v58.htm (1262 words)

	South Lebanon Project web site
		In 1978 Israel invaded Lebanon, and it has occupied the south since 1982, controlling the southern Lebanese population via its own army and its client militia, the South Lebanon Army (SLA), led by Antoine Lahad, a former Lebanese army general.
		The occupation zone in southern Lebanon is also the constant target of an Israeli bombing campaign executed in part by its proxy, the SLA.
		This climate of violence and arbitrary killing has reigned over south Lebanon for twenty years, and was the background to the twenty-one year old Souha Bechara's decision to participate in a military operation planned by the Lebanese Resistance, the objective of which was to eliminate the head of the SLA, Antoine Lahad.
	www.yale.edu /souha/page4.html (475 words)

	Lebanon
		In 1976 Syria in turn intervened in Lebanon at the request of the Christian forces, which feared the victory of their opponents in the Lebanese National Movement.
		Resolution 425 refers to "internationally recognized boundaries", which for the UN means the 1923 border separating Lebanon from Palestine under the British mandate.
		While Lebanon considers that Resolution 425 applies to the Chebaa zone, which should therefore be restored to Lebanon, both the UN and Israel consider it an integral part of Syria.
	mondediplo.com /focus/mideast/r1323 (858 words)

	Lebanon - Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Nonetheless, because of Lebanon's participation, in 1987 its southern border remained the line agreed to in the 1949 armistice.
		Lebanon, therefore, abstained from the conflicts of 1956, 1967, and 1973.
		Another consequence of the Israeli invasion was the establishment in southern Lebanon of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, whose mission was to separate the various combatants.
	countrystudies.us /lebanon/101.htm (554 words)

	Israel's Buffer Strip in South Lebanon Collapsing [Free Republic]
		Men suspected of being soldiers in the Israeli-allied South Lebanon Army were led away by Hezbollah guerrillas in the Lebanese border village of Houla yesterday as the center of Israel's buffer zone collapsed.
		Most of the South Lebanon Army troops who surrendered their positions on Monday belonged to the Shiite minority faction of the militia, and are considered less resolutely opposed to Hezbollah than the Christian and Druse troops still manning outposts to the east and west.
		Despite the collapse of the South Lebanon Army's central front, Antoine Lahad, the self-styled general who commands the militia, was quoted on Monday as saying that his forces would fight on unless granted a blanket amnesty by Lebanon.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a392a36033f8f.htm (1776 words)

	Lebanon and Syria in a New Era - Middle East Forum
		The SLA and the South Lebanese community were neither mercenaries of Israel nor traitors to Lebanon.
		In the mid-1970s, residents of southern Lebanon resisted the invasion of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Syrians.
		While civilians-in-arms gathered to defend their area, officers and soldiers of the Lebanese army native to the area - myself among them - were ordered by the Lebanese government to form a military unit to defend ourselves, thus giving birth to the Free Lebanon Army.
	www.meforum.org /article/179 (1388 words)

	Southern Lebanon Army
		Unrestrained terrorism, motivated by the apathetic political climate throughout Lebanon, magnifies the anxiety of the southern Lebanese.
		Moreover, by imposing two year prison terms for SLA constituents and the death penalty for officers in the South Lebanon Army, the corrupt Lebanese government is compelling the peacekeeping South Lebanon Army and its supportive citizens to appeal to the international community.
		Therefore, I urgently appeal to you to assist in presenting a resolution in the Senate that encourages and affirms the privilege of refugee asylum in the United States for persecuted Lebanese citizens and doomed South Lebanon Army members and sympathizers residing in the 10 mile southern Lebanon security zone.
	www.jeremytiss.com /sla.htm (529 words)

	SAND98-0184 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Lebanon’s southern Shia population is the poorest and largest community in the country[iii] and has been historically underrepresented in the government.
		Shia militias continued their fight against the SLA and IDF in Lebanon throughout the rest of the 1980s and early 1990s and used the area to launch attacks on Israel’s northern settlements and as an infiltration route to conduct terrorist operations inside Israel.
		Syria’s 30,000 troops in Lebanon are the ultimate guarantor of Asad’s interests there and were critical to the successful disarming of the various militias at the end of the civil war.
	www.cmc.sandia.gov /links/cmc-papers/sand-2000-0184 (7750 words)

	Palestine Center - Israeli Occupation of South Lebanon
		Israel invaded Lebanon again in 1982, driving as far north as Beirut, in a bid to push the Palestinians and the Syrians out of the country altogether and to install a client government that would sign a peace treaty with Israel.
		While opposing the peace process generally, Hezbollah’s activities in south Lebanon are increasingly viewed internationally as legitimate resistance to foreign occupation, and the party plays an important role in the Lebanese parliament, championing the cause of the dispossessed Shia community.
		Syria’s direct involvement in Lebanon began in 1976, when 30,000 troops were deployed in the country to prevent a Christian defeat in the first stage of the Lebanese civil war.
	www.thejerusalemfund.org /carryover/pubs/19990929ib.html (1214 words)

	The World Today Archive - South Lebanon Army vows to fight on
		Israel's plan to end its occupation of Southern Lebanon by July and the lack of resolution in the peace process between Israel, Lebanon and Syria, means the SLA faces an uncertain and probable violent future on its territories.
		But today the SLA leader, General Lahd, announced that not only would he and his Army be staying on, but they plan to fight, to the death if necessary, to protect their southern territory
		General Lahd and his 3,000 South Lebanon Army soldiers, along with the tens of thousands of civilians that live in Israeli occupied South Lebanon, face a tumultuous few months.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/stories/s115898.htm (540 words)

	Heavy Israeli losses in south Lebanon clashes
		SIDON, Lebanon, Sept 5 (Reuter) - At least 12 Israeli forces were killed in fierce clashes with Lebanese army troops and Moslem guerrillas in south Lebanon early on Friday, a security source in Lebanon said.
		The incident marked the highest single Israeli death toll in south Lebanon since Israel occupied a self-declared security zone in the region in 1985.
		Two Lebanese army troops were wounded when Israeli helicopters rocketed their positions in the area and four Amal Movement guerrillas and two Hizbollah fighters were also injured in the ensuing clashes, security sources said.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/page1/97/09/05/raid.html (485 words)

	ISRAEL/LEBANON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Take all appropriate measures to prevent the recruitment of children under the age of eighteen into the South Lebanon Army, and in line with an emerging international consensus, publicly declare support for a minimum age of eighteen for both recruitment and participation in armed conflict.
		Raise the issue of civilian expulsions in the occupied zone of South Lebanon as a matter of grave concern in high-level meetings with Israeli counterparts, such as trade and defense-related missions.
		Instruct the Council of the South to institute fully transparent procedures with respect to the process that it uses to provide humanitarian assistance to expelled families and individuals, and ensure that such assistance is provided in a timely manner.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1999/lebanon/Isrlb997-01.htm (894 words)

	The Lebanese Conflict
		Although it is stronger than it was during the horrific civil war of the 1970s and 1980s, the Lebanese government is still so weak, that Syrian troops, and a small UN force, must maintain peace.
		Hezbollah leaders have urged former fighters of the Israeli-allied South Lebanon Army to surrender, and promised not to randomly kill their former opponents.
		The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was active in Lebanon until it was driven out during the 1982 Israeli invasion.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/lebanon1.html (1148 words)

	Occupied villages - Lebanon - Al Mashriq
		Israel occupies a 9-mile deep strip that extends from South Lebanon to Western Bekaa in the East part of Lebanon.
		At one point in 1982, Israel occupied an area of Lebanon that extended from the Lebanese-Israeli border to the border of Tripoli in North Lebanon including the Lebanese mountains and Beirut, the Lebanese capital.
		As a result, today the Israeli occupation is confined to villages in South Lebanon and the Western Bekaa.
	almashriq.hiof.no /lebanon/300/320/324/324.2/hizballah/villages.html (315 words)

	Appeasement, betrayal revisited - The Washington Times: Commentary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Barak announced his intention to withdraw the IDF from south Lebanon by July of the year 2000, preferably as part of a peace arrangement with Syria, but unilaterally if there were no agreement.
		His objectives were to end the casualty-producing war with Hezbollah in south Lebanon and to demonstrate Israel's peaceful intentions to those who objected to the occupation of the south Lebanon buffer zone.
		Notwithstanding adversity, the former SLA fighters are not bitter or anti-Israel.
	www.washtimes.com /commentary/20040131-104830-8847r.htm (995 words)

	World: Barak promises to `bring our boys back' from Lebanon
		He spoke as the first signs were emerging that Israel was preparing to quit the buffer zone in south Lebanon that was set up in 1985 to protect northern Israeli towns.
		The first indication of a change was seen in the decision to withdraw Israeli-backed Lebanese fighters of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) from the Jezzine enclave, a move that was expected to be complete in a few weeks.
		Shaul Mofaz, the Israeli army's chief of staff, said the decision was made by the South Lebanon Army commander, Antoine Lahad, and was not a precursor of a full Israeli pullback.
	www.seacoastonline.com /1999news/5_27_w2.htm (579 words)

	CNN.com - World - South Lebanon Army leader reportedly headed to Israel - May 23, 2000
		TYRE, Lebanon -- Diplomatic sources said the head of the South Lebanon Army left Paris to join his disbanding militia, which was scattering out of southern Lebanon after Israel suddenly began removing troops from its self-declared security zone.
		Lahad is a former Lebanese army general who has been sentenced to death in absentia by a Lebanese military court.
		The SLA became allied with Israel in the 1980s, and Israel equipped and bankrolled the group during its 15-year occupation of Israel's self-declared security zone in southern Lebanon.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/meast/05/23/lebanon.sla.02 (761 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Region \| Opening shots
		Muslim Shia parties in Lebanon have rejected calls by Christian Maronite MPs and the Maronite Church to offer amnesty to former Israeli-allied militiamen who served in the "South Lebanon Army" during Israel's 22-year occupation of South Lebanon.
		Although most top commanders of the South Lebanon Army were Maronites and Christians from other denominations, many Shia Muslims served in the Israeli-backed force too.
		His ally in the south, Jamil Hayek, said Israeli allied militiamen have "their hands tarnished in the blood" of innocent Lebanese civilians.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/754/re10.htm (659 words)

	AM Archive - Israel's plan to end occupation of South Lebanon in shambles
		Its ally in Lebanon, the South Lebanon Army, is falling apart with widespread desertions and has surrendered a third of the territory that it once controlled jointly with Israel.
		TIM PALMER: As columns of SLA soldiers with their families could be seen streaming out of towns in South Lebanon, civilians who hadn't seen their villages in more than 20 years of Israeli occupation attempted to return.
		TIM PALMER: Those SLA officers still ready to defend their towns appear to be falling back to a few enclaves of Christian SLA villages and Israel is now bracing for Hezbollah attacks across the border, reprisals for the civilian casualties today.
	www.abc.net.au /am/stories/s130053.htm (573 words)

	Israel's Militia Hastens Withdrawal From Occupied Lebanon Border Zone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Most of the troops who surrendered their positions on Monday belonged to the Shiite minority faction of the South Lebanon Army, and are considered less resolutely opposed to Hezbollah than the Christian and Druse troops still manning outposts to the east and west.
		Despite the collapse of the central front, Antoine Lahad, the self-styled general who commands the South Lebanon Army, was quoted on Monday as saying from Paris that his troops would fight on unless they were granted a blanket amnesty by the Lebanese government.
		The South Lebanon Army's desperate scramble out of Israel's shrinking security zone and the threat of rocket attacks on its northern communities have increased fears among Israelis that the withdrawal could set off a new round of intense cross-border warfare.
	www.library.cornell.edu /colldev/mideast/isrlebx.htm (1385 words)

	FREE LEBANON - WHAT AFFECTS THE SOUTH AFFECTS ALL LEBANON? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Like magic the decision to withdraw from South Lebanon was taken, and within 48 hours the South Lebanon Army withdrew from Jezzine and its region.
		The second show lies in the Lebanese regime's undeclared agenda for South Lebanon in general and for Jezzine in particular.
		These powers deal with Lebanon as a bargaining chip to strengthen their stances and protect their interests while the Lebanese people from all religions and classes pay the price.
	www.generalaoun.org /karam41.html (571 words)

	South Lebanon: Rights Crisis Looms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As growing numbers of militia from the South Lebanon Army are deserting, Human Rights Watch also called on the Lebanese government to publicly announce clear procedures for those who surrender.
		It was reported today that some SLA militia have fled to the Lebanon-Israel border, requesting political asylum in Israel for themselves and their families.
		Those with a well-founded fear of persecution in Lebanon should be provided with refugee protection in Israel, unless they are known, or suspected, to have committed a war crime or a crime against humanity, in which case, they should be excluded from international refugee protection and tried and prosecuted in accordance with international standards.
	www.zmag.org /Bulletins/prclsl.htm (585 words)

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