bilal
09-19-2006, 04:08 PM
Ariel Sharon said recently he regretted the tragedy of Sabra and Shatila, but asked if he would apologise he replied "To apologise for what?"
-- F. Keane, in "The Accused", BBC-Panorama, 17/6/2001 --
0n the evening of September 16th 1982, a group of the Lebanese christian militia of the Falange, entered the Palestinain refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila (near Beirout). During the following 36 hours, they murdered between 800 (official Israeli figures) and 3.500 (according to the investigations of the Israeli journalist Kapeliouk) people, including women and children. On the previous day, the sraeli army had entered this part of the city during its campaign in Lebanon. It sealed the camps from the outside world and stood by to observe the events of 16, 17 and 18 September.
source : http://www.sabra-shatila.be/english/
for more -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabra_and_Shatila_Massacre
-- F. Keane, in "The Accused", BBC-Panorama, 17/6/2001 --
0n the evening of September 16th 1982, a group of the Lebanese christian militia of the Falange, entered the Palestinain refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila (near Beirout). During the following 36 hours, they murdered between 800 (official Israeli figures) and 3.500 (according to the investigations of the Israeli journalist Kapeliouk) people, including women and children. On the previous day, the sraeli army had entered this part of the city during its campaign in Lebanon. It sealed the camps from the outside world and stood by to observe the events of 16, 17 and 18 September.
source : http://www.sabra-shatila.be/english/
for more -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabra_and_Shatila_Massacre