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| Its main participants were the ] (Phalange) of Pierre Gemayel, ] and his ], the ] (NLP) of ] and the ] of ]. Suleiman Franjieh's ] ended its connection with the Lebanese Front in 1978, the year his son Tony and his family was killed. The Kataeb(LF) unsuccessfully tried to take over the Marada by force. | Its main participants were the ] (Phalange) of Pierre Gemayel, ] and his ], the ] (NLP) of ] and the ] of ]. Suleiman Franjieh's ] ended its connection with the Lebanese Front in 1978, the year his son Tony and his family was killed. The Kataeb(LF) unsuccessfully tried to take over the Marada by force. | ||
| The Ahrar (Chamoun family) also ended their connection with Gemayels Lebanese |
The Ahrar (Chamoun family) also ended their connection with Gemayels' Lebanese Forces, then the LF used violence against their own allies. It was both Bashir Gemayel and Dany Chamoun who initiated contact with the israelis and finally parted ways. Bashir Gemayel managed to fall out with all prominent Christian families. | ||
| The Lebanese Front was finally broken up, many say it was broken up because of greed for power and ego. | The Lebanese Front was finally broken up, many say it was broken up because of greed for power and ego. | ||
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The Lebanese Front was a right-wing coalition of mainly Christian parties during the Lebanese Civil War. It was intended to act as a counter force to the Lebanese National Movement (LNM) of Kamal Jumblatt.
Its main participants were the Kataeb Party (Phalange) of Pierre Gemayel, Suleiman Franjieh and his Marada Brigade, the National Liberal Party (NLP) of Camille Chamoun and the Guardians of the Cedars of Etienne Saqr. Suleiman Franjieh's Marada ended its connection with the Lebanese Front in 1978, the year his son Tony and his family was killed. The Kataeb(LF) unsuccessfully tried to take over the Marada by force.
The Ahrar (Chamoun family) also ended their connection with Gemayels' Lebanese Forces, then the LF used violence against their own allies. It was both Bashir Gemayel and Dany Chamoun who initiated contact with the israelis and finally parted ways. Bashir Gemayel managed to fall out with all prominent Christian families.
The Lebanese Front was finally broken up, many say it was broken up because of greed for power and ego.
The main participants who started this coalition had the alliances running just fine, but it was their sons who destroyed one of Lebanons strongest coalitions. Many say ego and greed for power were some factors which drove them and plotted to kill each other.
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