1. Antoine Lahad was a Lebanese military officer and the leader of the South Lebanon Army from 1984 until 2000, when the army withdrew from Southern Lebanon and was dissolved.
18 Facts About Antoine Lahad
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Antoine Lahad graduated from the Lebanese Military Academy in 1952.
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Antoine Lahad was a Lebanese Army major general who was close to the Lebanese President, Camille Chamoun, a Maronite.
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Antoine Lahad re-instated the salaries of the Lebanese army soldiers in the south which had previously been cut off.
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Antoine Lahad was condemned to death by Hezbollah following Israel's occupation of southern Lebanon.
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Antoine Lahad's headquarters were at Marjayoun, which flew an Israeli flag flanked by two flags of Lebanon.
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Antoine Lahad had been raised in the Eastern Orthodox Church and had become a member of the Communist party.
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Antoine Lahad spent eight weeks in the hospital and suffered health complications leaving his left arm paralyzed.
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Antoine Lahad spent ten years in Khiam prison and suffered six years of solitary confinement in a tiny cell.
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When Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon in 2000, Antoine Lahad was determined to carry on against Hezbollah.
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Antoine Lahad never received the support he asked for, and the SLA collapsed following Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
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At the time, Antoine Lahad was in Paris trying to convince the French authorities to send troops to replace his army.
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Antoine Lahad came to Israel after the remainder of the SLA disintegrated.
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In Lebanon, Antoine Lahad was sentenced to death for treason in absentia in case he ever returned.
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Contrary to contemporary media reports, Antoine Lahad stated that Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, had not tricked him.
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Antoine Lahad highlighted the importance of his country's cooperation with Israel and cited the United Nations Security Council resolution 425 as a legitimate reason for Barak's withdrawal of Israeli armed forces.
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Antoine Lahad released a Hebrew language autobiography in 2004, entitled, In the Midst of a Storm: An Autobiography.
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Antoine Lahad died in Paris on 10 September 2015 from a heart attack.