LEBANON: PALESTINIAN LEADER ABU AYAD BLAMES SYRIA FOR BATTLE OF TEL AL-ZAATAR CAMP.

Record ID: 283746

  • Title: LEBANON: PALESTINIAN LEADER ABU AYAD BLAMES SYRIA FOR BATTLE OF TEL AL-ZAATAR CAMP.
  • Date: 6th July 1976
  • Summary: 1. SV INTERIOR PAN FROM Palestinian posters on wall TO Newsmen 0.11 2. SV Interpreter translating Abu Ayad's speech from Arabic to English (Ayad on left) 1.52 INTERPRETER: "He mentioned only one effort, and its relation to the Syrians. He mentioned that recently large tank forces bombed Monteverdi. The ever reached Tel Al-Zaatar. At this point Syrian
  • Embargoed: 21st July 1976 13:00
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  • Location: BEIRUT, LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Reuters ID: LVAAEJZD50GH9FU01Z9195IK19GN
  • Story Text: A Palestinian leader has blamed Syria for the savage fighting for control of the important Palestinian camp of Tel Al-Zaatar on the edge of Beirut, Lebanon. The camp has been under siege by right-wing Christian forces. Speaking at a news conference in Beirut, Abu Ayad, Deputy Commander of the Palestinian group Fatah, said the Palestinians could have defended it properly if they had not been preoccupied with Syria's intervention in Lebanon. If the camp fell to right-wing forces, he said, it would become a symbol to Palestinian militants -- whose war would then be with Syria.

    SYNOPSIS: Abu Ayad, also known as Salah Khalaf, has been leading Palestinian operations in the Lebanese civil war in the absence of the Palestine Liberation Organisations' leader, Yasser Arafat. An interpreter translated his comments into English.
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