The 1978 Disappearance of Musa al-Sadr
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In August 1978, the charismatic Shia cleric Musa al-Sadr, founder of Lebanon's Amal movement, vanished during a trip to Libya. His disappearance remains one of Lebanon's enduring mysteries. This episode explores his early life in Qom, Iran; his migration to Tyre, Lebanon, where he organized the marginalized Shia community; his founding of the Movement of the Disinherited and its armed wing, Amal; his tense relationship with the PLO and Syrian President Hafez al-Assad; his controversial visit to Libya at the invitation of Muammar Gaddafi; and the conflicting theories that followed: assassination, Libyan secret prison, or escape. We discuss the impact on Lebanon's Shia community, the rise of Hezbollah in the void he left, and why his body was never found. Featuring details from declassified US State Department cables and the memoirs of his companions.
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