Saad Haddad founded and led the Israel-backed South Lebanon Army during the Lebanese Civil War. Through 2010 the opening noted that several sources have suggested Haddad's involvement in the Sabra and Shatila massacres in 1982. Today's opening covers his military role and Israeli backing but omits that suggestion, with massacre gone from the opening though it survives three times elsewhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that several sources suggested Haddad's involvement in the Sabra and Shatila massacres.
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Saad Haddad was the founder and head of the South Lebanon Army (SLA).1At the beginning of the civil war in Lebanon , Haddad, a major in the Lebanese Army commanded a battalion to engage the PLO in south Lebanon. It was here where he joined other rebel Christian soldiers to form the Free Lebanon Army . Haddad's militia collaborated with Israel and received the bulk of its arms, equipment, supplies and ordnance from Israel. The SLA was generally regarded as Israel's proxy in southern Lebanon, and controlled Israel's self-proclaimed " Security Zone " following its invasion of Lebanon beginning in 1982. In 1984 Haddad died of cancer. His successor as the head of the SLA was general Antoine Lahad . v t e2
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Saad Haddad (1936–1984) was the founder and head of the South Lebanon Army (SLA).
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Saad Haddad (1936–Jan. 14, 1984) was the founder and head of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) during Lebanese Civil War.
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Saad Haddad (1936 – January 14, 1984) was the founder and head of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) during the Lebanese Civil War .Haddad died of cancer in his house in Marjayoun .
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Founder of the South Lebanon Army Saad Haddad ( ; 1936 – 14 January 1984) was the founder and head of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) during the Lebanese Civil War . Haddad died of cancer in his house in Marjayoun .
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Founder of the South Lebanon Army Saad Haddad ( Arabic : سعد حداد ; 1936 – 14 January 1984) was a Lebanese military officer and the founder and head of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) during the Lebanese Civil War .Originally a Major in the Lebanese Army , he defected and formed the SLA and created the separatist State of Free Lebanon backed by Israel . Haddad died of cancer in his house in Marjayoun .
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founder and head of the south lebanon army
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lebanese military officer and the founder and head of the south lebanon army
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