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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (2661)	2/23/2003 4:55:13 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6945

In the summer of 1982, the Israeli army invaded West Beirut, violating an explicit commitment given to the American mediator, Phillip Habib, not to do so. By that time, the PLO forces had already left the city. He omits one interesting fact: The official reason Israel gave for entering Beirut was to protect the Palestinians from a Phalangist massacre. And yet the Israelis later claimed that they had no idea there might be a massacre. That puts the Israelis (and their defenders on this thread) into proper perspective. Tom