LEBANON: LIEUTENANTS IN BREAK-AWAY LEBANESE-ARAB ARMY EXPLAIN WHY THE FORCE WAS SET UP.
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1061694
LEBANON: LIEUTENANTS IN BREAK-AWAY LEBANESE-ARAB ARMY EXPLAIN WHY THE FORCE WAS SET UP.
- Title: LEBANON: LIEUTENANTS IN BREAK-AWAY LEBANESE-ARAB ARMY EXPLAIN WHY THE FORCE WAS SET UP.
- Date: 4th February 1976
- Summary: 1. SV Arab soldiers on armoured vehicle 0.13 2. MV Soldiers with machine gun on vehicle 0.16 3. MV PAN Soldiers standing on vehicle giving victory sign 0.26 4. SV Lieutenant Abdallah speaking in French (3 shots) 1.07 5. SV Lieutenant Ydlibi speaking in English (2 shots) 2.34 This film shows members of the Lebanese-Arab Army, and includes interviews with two of the officers - Lieutenant Abdallah (speaking in French), and Lieutenant Ydlibi (speaking in English). A transcript of Lieutenant Ydlibi's remarks is given below. YDLIBI: Well, first I want to say that this Army, the Lebanese-Arabic Army, is not a Moslem army. It is an army for all the Lebanese, Moslem and Christian. We have in this army, thirty to forty per cent of Christian soldiers. So I want to say to all the Lebanese that this army is not a Moslem army and it is not a kind of Moslem against Christian. It is a national army - a national Rabic army for all the Lebanese. The official Army of the Lebanese Republic was dong so many actions for one side against the other. Officially, an army, a national army must be for all the Lebanese. We have been seeing from our experiences, from our battles and all the Lebanese interior country, we have seen that this army was held to one side against the other. Initials CL/1907 CL/1915 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 18th February 1976 12:00
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- Location: BEQA'A VALLEY, LEBANON
- Country: Lebanon
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