Military Rule Asked In Lebanon; Moslem Officers Balk At Bid by Gemayel From: The Washington Post | Date: September 23, 1988| Author: | Copyright 1988 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Lebanese President Amin Gemayel, in a surprise move minutes before his term expired at midnight last night, appointed a six-man military government to steer the country out of an unprecedented constitutional crisis caused by the failure of parliament to agree on a successor.

But the refusal of three Moslem officers to join the military government-the first in Lebanon's history-revived fears of a partition of the country along religious lines that would leave it even more vulnerable to renewed civil war and political manipulation by outside powers.

The apparent collapse of the central ...

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