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Camille Chamoun
Camille Chamoun , 1900-1987, Lebanese political leader. Chamoun held a variety of governmental posts before serving as president of Lebanon (1952-58). A Maronite Christian, Chamoun was opposed by Muslim leaders who disliked his pro-Western policies. The Muslim groups openly rebelled against... Read more |
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National Liberal Party
NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY lebanese political party established by and in support of the chamoun family. The National Liberal Party (NLP) was established by Camille Chamoun when he left the presidency of Lebanon in 1958. The NLP is a political vehicle used by the Chamoun family to reward its... Read more |
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Lebanon Crisis
Lebanon Crisis (1958).The underlying cause of the 1958 Lebanon crisis was the instability of the country's Christian‐Muslim political coalition under pressure from the Cold War Pan‐Arab nationalism of Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser. Following creation of a pro‐Soviet United Arab... Read more |
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Lebanon Crisis
...the pro‐Western Lebanese government of President Camille Chamoun, a Christian. The crisis came to a head on 14 July...appeared likely. Invoking the Eisenhower Doctrine, Chamoun immediately requested U.S. troops.At Eisenhower... |
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Middle East, U.S. Military Involvement in the
...American Marines to Lebanon following a bloody left‐wing coup d’état in Iraq that threatened Lebanese president Camille Chamoun and raised fears in Washington that events in Beirut were about to parallel those in B |
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Chamoun, Camille
Chamoun, Camille ( Sham'un, Kamil) (b. 3 Apr. 1900, d. 7 Aug. 1987). President of Lebanon 1952–8 Born in Deir al-Qamar into a... |
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Lebanon Crisis
...of the pro-Western Lebanese government of President Camille Chamoun, a Christian, after the creation of a pro-Soviet...on July 14, 1958. Using the Eisenhower Doctrine, Chamoun requested U.S. troops, who, at President Dwight... |
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Eisenhower Doctrine
...the provision of $200 million for the purpose. In 1958 the USA sent 5,000 troops to Lebanon to support President Camille Chamoun, who feared revolution. It was based upon the central (and flawed) assumption that pan-Arab nationalism was... |
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Shamun, Kamil
Sham'un, Kamil, see Chamoun, Camille |
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Ex-Lebanese leader Camille Chamoun, 87
BEIRUT Former President Camille Chamoun, who helped lead Lebanon...hospital statement said Mr. Chamoun, who survived four assassination...Thursday with a heart ailment. Camille Nimr "Tiger" Chamoun came from an ancient and prominent... |
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Former Lebanese President Camille Chamoun Dies
Camille Chamoun, 87, a former president of Lebanon...for a political career. At 55, Dany Chamoun declared his candidacy to run for president...of Moslem demands for greater power, Camille Chamoun was shrewd and witty, and he was known... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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CAMILLE CHAMOUN, HELPED GAIN INDEPENDENCE FOR LEBANON; AT 87
BEIRUT - Former President Camille Chamoun, who helped lead Lebanon's fight...programs to play somber music. Mr. Chamoun, a Maronite Catholic, survived...foreign leaders to comment on Mr. Chamoun's death was Israeli Prime Minister... |
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Ex-Lebanese chief Camille Chamoun, 87
BEIRUT Former President Camille Chamoun, 87, who helped lead Lebanon...Hospital statement said Mr. Chamoun, who survived four assassination...attempts, died of heart failure. Camille Nimr "Tiger" Chamoun came from an ancient and prominent... |
 "The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)")
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Chamoun's NLP plans to contest four seats in 2009 parliamentary polls.
...base. The same base that used to back Camille Chamoun when he was, at the time, leader of...candidate George Adwan, whose father, Chamoun pointed out, had been a supporter of Camille Chamoun. "There has to be a point when you make... |
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Chamoun Buried With Flowers, Dance, Tributes
...the coffin of former president Camille Chamoun held shoulder high today in a last...attended. At the time of his death Chamoun was Lebanon's finance minister...the black hearse that transported Chamoun's body 22 miles from Beirut across... |
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Lebanon's Chamoun Hurt in Assassination Attempt; 6 Killed
Former president Camille Chamoun, Lebanon's most prominent senior Christian...persons and wounded 40. The 86-year-old Chamoun, who has encouraged resistance to Syrian...a car-bomb attack on former president Camille Chamoun. |
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KEY SUPPORTER OF AOUN SLAIN NEAR BEIRUT DANY CHAMOUN, WIFE, SONS KILLED
...daughter survived. The killings of Dany Chamoun and his family in their suburban Beirut...end the 15-year-old civil war. Chamoun, a Maronite Catholic and the son of the late president Camille Chamoun, was one of the most outspoken critics... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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GUNMEN SHOOT AOUN BACKER.(Main)
...claimed responsibility for the slaying of Dany Chamoun, son of the late President Camille Chamoun, gunned down a week after Syrian and government...between Christian forces and the Syrian army. Chamoun, a Maronite Christian, was a strong critic... |
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Living the American Dream
...Humble beginnings in 1972, a 19-year-old Chamoun arrived in the United States determined...Lebanon as their base for the PLO. But for Chamoun, there was another issue - his name. Camille Chamoun (no relation to Fady) was Lebanon's... |
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