Saad Haddad: Difference between revisions

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. Haddad's [[militia]] [[Wartime collaboration|collaborated]] with Israel and received the bulk of its arms, equipment, supplies and ordnance from Israel. There are eyewitness accounts that support the claim that Saad Haddad's troops were involved in the [[Sabra and Shatila massacre|massacres of Sabra and Shatila]] in 1982.<ref name="autogenerated1999">Noam Chomsky, ''Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians'', updated edition (Cambridge, MA: [[South End Press]], 1999; orig. ed. 1983), 373.</ref> In the massacre an estimated 763 - 3,500 civilians were killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://middleeast.about.com/od/arabisraeliconflict/p/me081026b.htm|title=Saad Haddad and the South Lebanon Army - Who Was Saad Haddad and the South Lebanon Army (SLA)|publisher=Middleeast.about|date=14 January 1984|accessdate=19 October 2012|archive-date=18 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118170016/http://middleeast.about.com/od/arabisraeliconflict/p/me081026b.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Robert Fisk: Pity the Nation – Lebanon at War (1990) p. 365</ref> Though Hadad and his men were exonerated by an Israeli panel, the SLA was still known to engage in ruthless behavior, such as the "brutal conditions" of [[Palestinians in Lebanon|Palestinian]] and Lebanese prisoners at the infamous [[Khiam detention center|al-Khiam prison]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://middleeast.about.com/od/arabisraeliconflict/p/me081026b.htm|title=Saad Haddad and the South Lebanon Army - Who Was Saad Haddad and the South Lebanon Army (SLA)|publisher=Middleeast.about|date=14 January 1984|accessdate=19 October 2012|archive-date=18 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118170016/http://middleeast.about.com/od/arabisraeliconflict/p/me081026b.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1984, Haddad died of cancer. His successor as the head of the SLA was general [[Antoine Lahad]].