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Lebanon
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The mainly Shia Muslim Sixth Brigade had been commanded by a
Christian officer, Colonel Lufti Jabar, and consisted of 1,600
soldiers and officers. Its mission had been to maintain order in
West Beirut. It refused to participate in the February 1986 combat
between the Shia Amal militia and the Lebanese Army, however; as a
result, the Fifth Brigade was expelled from West Beirut. After the
Sixth Brigade split off from the army command structure, it was
taken over by a new officer, Major General Abd al Halim Kanj, and
its ranks swelled to 6,000 men as Muslims from other army brigades
deserted to join their coreligionists. In 1987 the Sixth Brigade
was stationed in Shihab barracks in the southern suburbs of Beirut
and was under the operational control of the Amal militia.
Data as of December 1987
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