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Lebanon
Index
In 1952 President Bishara al Khuri (also seen as Khoury)
ordered the Maronite army commander, General Fuad Shihab (also seen
as Chehab), to break a national strike of a coalition of Muslim and
Christian leaders demanding Khuri's resignation. Shihab disobeyed
Khuri's order to send the army into action, refusing, in his words,
to order his troops to "shoot their fellow citizens." This paved
the way for Khuri's resignation. Shihab was installed as prime
minister in a caretaker government, and when Camille Shamun (also
seen as Chamoun) was elected Lebanon's new president, Shihab
characteristically relinquished his political position. In selfdeprecation , Lebanese referred to the peaceful coup d'état as the
Rosewater Revolution (see The Khuri Era, 1943-52, ch. 1).
Data as of December 1987
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