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The opening as it read in 2010

Karantina massacre took place early in the Lebanese Civil War on January 18, 1976.¹ With the breakdown in authority of the Lebanese government the militancy of radical factions increased. Black Saturday preceded Karantina by 6 weeks. Karantina was a predominantly Muslim slum district in Christian east Beirut controlled by forces from the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), inhabited by Kurds , Syrians and Palestinians .² The fighting and subsequent killings also involved an old quarantine area near the port and nearby Maslakh quarter. Karantina was overrun by the Lebanese Christian militias, resulting in the deaths of approximately 1,500 people. .³ After Phalange , Guardians of the Cedars and Tiger militia forces took control of the Karantina district on 18 January 1976, Tel al-Zaatar was placed under siege.⁴

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The Karantina massacre took place early in the Lebanese Civil War on January 18, 1976. With the breakdown in authority of the Lebanese government the militancy of radical factions increased. Black Saturday preceded Karantina by six weeks. Karantina was a predominantly Palestinian Muslim slum district in mostly Christian east Beirut controlled by forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), inhabited by Kurds , Syrians , Armenians and Palestinians . The fighting and subsequent killings also involved an old quarantine area near the port and nearby Maslakh quarter. Karantina was overrun by militias of the right-wing and mostly Christian Lebanese Front , resulting in the deaths of approximately 1,000-1,500 people, mostly Muslims. After Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF), Guardians of the Cedars (GoC), NLP Tiger militia and Lebanese Youth Movement (LYM) forces took control of the Karantina district on 18 January 1976, Tel al-Zaatar was placed under siege, leading to the Tel al-Zaatar massacre .

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The Karantina massacre took place on January 18, 1976, early in the Lebanese Civil War . Karantina was a predominantly Palestinian Muslim slum district in mostly Christian East Beirut , controlled by forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and inhabited by Kurds , Syrians , Armenians , and Palestinians . The fighting and subsequent killings also involved an old quarantine area near the port and nearby Maslakh quarter. Karantina was overrun by militias of the right-wing and mostly Christian Lebanese Front , specifically the Kataeb Party (Phalangists), resulting in the deaths of approximately 1,500 people, mostly Muslims. After Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF), Guardians of the Cedars (GoC), NLP Tiger militia and Lebanese Youth Movement (LYM) forces took control of the Karantina district on 18 January 1976, Tel al-Zaatar was placed under siege, leading to the Tel al-Zaatar massacre . Randal (1990) .Many Lebanese Muslim men and boys were rounded up and separated from the women and children and massacred.

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La Quarantaine , known in Arabic as Karantina, was a Muslim -inhabited district in mostly Christian East Beirut controlled by forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and inhabited by Palestinians , Kurds , Syrians , Armenians and Lebanese Shiites . The fighting and subsequent killings also involved an old quarantine area near the port and nearby Maslakh quarter. According to then- Washington Post -correspondent Jonathan Randal , "Many Lebanese Muslim men and boys were rounded up and separated from the women and children and massacred," while the women and young girls were violently raped and robbed. Karantina was overrun by militias of the right-wing and mostly Christian Lebanese Front , specifically the Kataeb Party (Phalangists), resulting in the deaths of approximately 1,500 people, mostly Lebanese Muslims. After Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF), Guardians of the Cedars (GoC), NLP Tiger militia and Lebanese Youth Movement (LYM) forces took control of the Karantina district on 18 January 1976, Tel al-Zaatar was placed under siege, leading to the Tel al-Zaatar massacre . The Damour massacre was a reprisal for the Karantina massacre. Many Lebanese Muslim men and boys were rounded up and separated from the women and children and massacred.

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Massacre during the Lebanese Civil War The Karantina massacre ( Arabic : مجزرة الكرنتينا ; French : Massacre de La Quarantaine/Karantina ) took place on January 18, 1976, early in the Lebanese Civil War . La Quarantine , known in Arabic as Karantina, was a Muslim -inhabited district in mostly Christian East Beirut controlled by forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and inhabited by Palestinians , Kurds , Syrians , and Lebanese Sunnis . The fighting and subsequent killings also involved an old Quarantine area near the port and nearby Maslakh quarter. Karantina was overrun by militias of the right-wing and mostly Christian Lebanese Front , specifically the Kataeb Party (Phalangists), resulting in the deaths of approximately 600–1,500 people. According to then- Washington Post -correspondent Jonathan Randal , "Many Lebanese Muslim men and boys were rounded up and separated from the women and children and massacred, while the women and young girls were violently raped and robbed." The Damour massacre two days later was a reprisal for the Karantina massacre. After Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF), Guardians of the Cedars (GoC), National Liberal Party 's Tiger militia and Lebanese Youth Movement (LYM) forces took control of the Karantina district, the Tel al-Zaatar refugee camp was besieged for five months, ending in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre . Many Lebanese Muslim men and boys were rounded up and separated from the women and children and massacred. Their families still search for their remains. Women and young girls were violently raped and robbed by the Christian warlords led by Bachir Gemayel, also Bashir Gemayel was a senior member of the right-wing Christian Phalange party and the founder and supreme commander of the Lebanese Forces militia during the early years of the Lebanese Civil War.

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