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Hello and today we go back to the last day of Lebanon's long and

today we go back to the last day of Lebanon's long and

bitter civil war.

On October 13, 1990, the Syrian Air Force bombed the presidential palace in East Beirut,

forcing their most outspoken opponent, the Christian Army Commander General Michel Aun, to take refuge in the French

embassy.

I'm Louise Hidalgo and I've been talking to veteran Lebanese journalist Hanah Anbar

about that day.

At that time I was one of the managing editors of an Arabic language newspaper.

That's headquarters is about maybe 500 yards from the

palace and we used to go up to the palace every day.

Town was the hero of the area because he promised to get rid of the militias that were really

hemorrhaging the country. He promised to get rid of Syrians and he, you know, promised Rosie life for everybody.

Didn't work out that way. Michel Aun, Un, a Maronite Christian, had been the commander of the Lebanese army.

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