FOIA
MAJOR LEFTIST MILITIAS IN WEST BEIRUT
Document Type:
Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP84B00049R001800230011-1
Release Decision:
RIPPUB
Original Classification:
T
Document Page Count:
2
Document Creation Date:
December 20, 2016
Document Release Date:
April 30, 2007
Sequence Number:
11
Case Number:
Publication Date:
August 31, 1982
Content Type:
MISC
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Major Leftist Militias in West Beirut
Group
Numbers
Lebanese Arab
Army
500
Communist
Groups
1,000
1,000-
2,000
Progressive
Socialist Party
250
Syrian
Affiliated
Syrian National
Socialist Party
150-
200
Arab
Democratic
Party
150
Syrian Ba'ath
Party
400
1,000-
2,000
Heavy Weapons
Artillery, rocket
launchers
Tanks, artillery,
rocket launchers
Artillery, antiaircraft
guns, rocket
launchers
Most weapons
removed from Beirut
in late 1981
Probably artillery,
antiaircraft guns,
rocket launchers
Probably artillery,
antiaircraft guns,
rocket launchers
Probably artillery,
antiaircraft guns,
rocket launchers
Light artillery and
mortars
Comments
Muslims who broke from Christian-dominated
Army during civil war ... cooperated closely with
Fatah ... Israelis claim departing PLO handed
over rocket launchers to them.
Well organized ... led by officers trained in USSR
and East Europe ... probably major threat to
central government's authority.
Sunni group ... denies Israeli claim that departing
PLO handed over some heavy equipment to them.
Militia of Druze chief Walid Junblat ...
headquarters and most personnel in Shuf region
south of Beirut.
Largely Greek Orthodox ... strongly anti-
Phalange.
First appeared in mid-1981 ... most are Syrian
troops ... many may have left with Syrian
contingent in Beirut.
About 100 left with Syrian troops.
Various smaller factions supported mostly by
Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Palestinian factions.
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Tnn Garrat
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Poland: Prospects for Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
USSR: Unprecedented Air Defense Exercise . . . . . . . . . 4
Honduras - El Salvador: Insurgents' Plans . . . . . . . . 5
Cuba: Debt Rescheduling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Suriname: Discontent Increasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Special Analyses
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Top Secret
31 August 1982
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