The World - News from Dec. 26, 1985
The leader of an Israeli-backed Lebanese militia told Israeli officials that Iranian activists in south Lebanon are inciting Muslims against Israel. Gen. Antoine Lahad, commander of the South Lebanese Army, told Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir at a meeting that Iranian delegations are visiting the southern Lebanese ports of Tyre and Sidon to urge Muslims to march on Jerusalem, according to Israeli officials. Lahad heads a largely Christian militia trained and equipped by Israel to patrol a narrow strip in south Lebanon against infiltration by guerrillas.
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