Beirut 1975: The Bus Shooting That Started Lebanon's Civil War
On April 13, 1975, a busload of Palestinians was ambushed in the Beirut suburb of Ain al-Rummaneh, killing 27 passengers. That single event ignited a 15-year civil war that would devastate Lebanon. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the tangled chain of violence that followed: the Kataeb party's role, the rise of the Lebanese National Movement under Kamal Jumblatt, the strategic blunders of President Suleiman Frangieh, and the collapse of the state. They examine the 'Battles of the Hotels' in downtown Beirut, the division of the city into East and West, and the early war crimes that set a grim precedent. Names like Pierre Gemayel, Yasser Arafat, and Bachir Gemayel appear as the conflict spiraled from a bus shooting into a sectarian catastrophe. Drawing on eyewitness accounts and recent scholarship, this episode pieces together how a single spark turned Beirut into a battlefield.
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