- Antoine Lahad
Antoine Lahad (born 1927) was the leader of the
South Lebanon Army (SLA) from 1984 until the SLA's collapse in 2000, followingIsrael 's withdrawal fromLebanon .General Lahad, a retired high ranking officer in the
Lebanese Army was appointed commander of theSLA at the request of former presidentCamille Chamoun .Fact|date=February 2007In 1988, an attempt was made on Lahad's life by a Lebanese woman named
Soha Bechara . Though seriously injured, Lahad survived the assassination attempt.At the time of the SLA's collapse, Lahad was in Paris with his family. He returned to Israel but arrived after the remainder of the SLA had left Lebanon. He has family members in
France , but the French authorities denied him permission to live in France.Lahad lives in
Tel Aviv where for several years he has managed a Lebanese restaurant.Lahad’s autobiography was published in 2004.
References
*Lahad, Antoine. In the Midst of a Storm: an Autobiography (Tel Aviv: Yedioth Ahronoth Publ. 2004), ed. Estelle Golan. In Hebrew. [http://www.steimatzky.co.il/Steimatzky/Pages/Product.aspx?ProductID=11321496]
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Ynetnews , Interview with Antoine Lahad, 26 November 2006. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3332868,00.html]*Harald List: Antoine Lahad. in: ORIENT 2/88 p.179-187. Biography in German.
*"Le Crépuscule de l'ALS", interview by Michel Zlotowski in Politique internationale. In French. [http://www.politiqueinternationale.com/revue/article.php?id_revue=3&id=489&content=synopsis%20-#show1]
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