Articles by Habib Battah
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There Is Still Much to Be Learned about the Beirut Explosion
Habib Battah | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Aug 2020
17 Aug 2020 – To prevent a tragic repeat, we should not be satisfied with simple, convenient, yet incomplete explanations.
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Habib Battah – Al Jazeera,
24 Sep 2012
Knowing the Phalangists sought revenge for Gemayel’s death, an Israeli government inquiry held the country’s defence minister, Ariel Sharon, “personally responsible” for the atrocities the militiamen carried out at Shatila on the evening of September 16 [1982]… Chamas himself was shot twice. He was shielded from additional rounds when the bodies of others collapsed on top of him. “I hid under the dead bodies for two days,” he says.
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