[gatagato]

Sabra and Shatila massacre, which took place during the Lebanese Civil War.

Location: West Beirut, Lebanon
Date: September 16, 1982
Target: Sabra and Shatila refugee camps
Attack type: Massacre
Death(s): 328 to 3,500 (number disputed)

The Sabra and Shatila massacre took place in the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut, Lebanon between September 16 and September 18, 1982, during the Lebanese civil war. Palestinian and Lebanese civilians were massacred in the camps by Christian Lebanese Phalangists while the camp was surrounded by the Israel Defense Force. In that period of time, Israel was at war with the PLO in Lebanon. Israeli forces occupied Beirut, dominated the refugee camps of Palestinians and controlled the entrance to the city. After the assassination of Bachir Gemayel, leader and president-elect of the Lebanese Kataeb Party, a Maronite group, also called Lebanese Forces militia group, entered the camp and murdered inhabitants during the night. The exact number of victims is disputed, from 700–800 to 3,500 (depending on the source).

Israeli forces enabled the entrance of the angry Kataeb Party group to the refugee camps, by providing them transportation from outside Beirut and firing illuminating flares over the camps. The Phalangists were under the direct command of Elie Hobeika, who later became a long-serving Member of the Parliament of Lebanon and, in the 1990s, a Lebanese cabinet minister.

In 1982, an independent commission chaired by Sean MacBride concluded that the Israeli authorities or forces were, directly or indirectly, responsible. The Israeli government established the Kahan Commission to investigate, and in early 1983 it found that Israeli military personnel were aware that a massacre was in progress without taking serious steps to stop it. It therefore regarded Israel as having indirect responsibility. The commission held Ariel Sharon personally responsible for having disregarded the prospect of acts of bloodshed by the Phalangists against the population of the refugee camps and not preventing their entry.

You can find the full set of photos here:
http://www.abukhadra.net/other_pics_x3.htm

Thanks for sharing.

[joethurr]

natural disaster or massacre

too much blood in all the pics.. looks more like a massacre.. any idea where?

[Zambini]

Israel always wins, stupid Arabs need to learn their lesson and move on.

Great post and info!

[p4irs]

Originally Posted by gatagato ↗

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabra_and_Shatila_massacre"]

Thanks man!

[jander]

But wait in the article it says the same guy who lead the attack was later placed in charge of the cabinet for the PLO... wasn't this still during Arafats reign, off to google

[feras_zhra]

its Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon and by the Jews

[Countryguy123]

It could Iran. We don't ever hear anything from them and they are butchering there people.

[Cumulonimbus]

Originally Posted by Pyramid_Head ↗

The pics with the body's covered in fly's is weird.

Indeed. Sometimes it's strange to reconcile what was once living people with the fly-covered rotting meat they have become.

[richy_dong]

nice post

[Robyn728420]

Fly feast!