Tigers Militia

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The Tigers Militia was a prominent right-wing Christian Lebanese militia associated with the Kataeb Party that played a significant role in the Lebanese Civil War.

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Tigers Militia canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lebanese militia
paramilitary organization
activeIn Lebanese Civil War
alliedWith Lebanese Front
armedWingOf National Liberal Party
associatedWith Kataeb Party
National Liberal Party
attackedBy Lebanese Forces
Phalange militia
conflict Lebanese Civil War
country Lebanon
disbandedAfter Safra massacre
disbandedIn 1980
ethnicComposition predominantly Maronite Christians
foundedBy Camille Chamoun
goal defend Christian areas in Lebanon
ideology right-wing
ideologyDetail Lebanese nationalism
anti-Palestinian armed presence in Lebanon
leader Dany Chamoun
nameOrigin nickname of Camille Chamoun "The Tiger"
notableEvent Safra massacre
notableFor role in early stages of the Lebanese Civil War
operatedIn East Beirut
Lebanon
Mount Lebanon
opposedTo Lebanese National Movement
Palestine Liberation Organization
leftist and Palestinian factions in Lebanon
partOf Lebanese Front
politicalAffiliation Kataeb Party
politicalWing National Liberal Party
region Middle East
religiousAffiliation Christian
Maronite Christian
rival Lebanese Forces
Phalange militia
status defunct
timePeriod 1970s
1980
typeOf Christian right-wing militia
usedLanguage Arabic

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Lebanese Front includedMilitia Tigers Militia
Hundred Days War mainBelligerent Tigers Militia
Siege of Tel al-Zaatar hasParticipant Tigers Militia
Siege of Tel al-Zaatar perpetrator Tigers Militia